[blind-democracy] 25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

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Vol. 79/No. 38 October 26, 2015

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

October 26, 1990
Washington would like the world to forget that only 45 years ago there was no North Korea and South Korea — only Korea. But the growing struggles by Koreans on the peninsula and around the world for reunification are making Washington’s job increasingly difficult.
The main obstacle to a unified Korea is the U.S. government. Washington is worried that without its 45,000 U.S. troops and 1,000 nuclear-tipped missiles, the South Korean regime wouldn’t have a chance.

Working people in the United States have no interest in the continued division of Korea. We should demand that U.S. troops and nuclear weapons be withdrawn from Korea now.

October 25, 1965
Tens of thousands of people across the country joined the largest protests against the Vietnam war to date during the International Days of Protest on Oct. 15 and 16. The coordinated demonstrations were an important blow to the government’s dirty war in Vietnam. They raised the enthusiasm and confidence of the participants, and were a big step forward for the antiwar movement.
Demonstrations took place simultaneously in other parts of the world, indicating the potential the movement has to develop on a world-wide scale.

In most cities, all those who opposed the war and wanted to demonstrate against it were able to do so together and build the largest possible actions.

October 26, 1940
MORRISVILLE, Pa.— Led by a group of youth ranging in age from 16 to 22, a “blitz strike” of several hundred Pennsylvania Joads employed on the vast Starkey Farms near here, won them a complete victory in 48 hours.
As a result of the workers actions wages were increased 25 percent and more. Though the new wages range only from 25-30 cents an hour, that represents a great gain for a group of workers who have been accustomed to 17-21 cent rates and 80 to 90 hour weeks.

Only a few had been in on the plans or had advance warning, but not a single worker scabbed, as the strike caught the Starkey Farms Co. by surprise in the midst of a rush to get vegetables picked for the markets.


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