What will convince them are the economic circumstances. Of course, you
are not going to convince the entire working populace to go on a general
strike next week. When the capitalist roller coaster of economic crises
continues and as the crises deepen they will be convinced. Those who
understand this are saddled with the task to begin to organize well in
advance to ensure that this general strike is both effective and takes
itself in the right direction.
On 2/6/2018 10:10 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
But first, you'd need to convince people that it is really necessary and would
really change things if they would just stop working. Everyone is so incredibly
busy and pressured, rushing from job to job and errand to errand, just to keep
themselves fed and housed and clothed, just to pay medical bills. And while
they're rushing from one thing to the next, they're bombarded with inaccurate
information and distractions.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 9:32 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: 75 Years Ago-some things never change!
A general strike would shut the government down. If we sustained the strike long enough,
it would be so disruptive to the Ruling Class that they would turn the military loose on
us. In mass rebellions around the world, the butchering of hundreds or even thousands of
people seems to get folks back to work. A real strike needs to include persuading large
numbers of our young men and women in the military to defect. I would call on the
mothers, wives, sisters and children of our members in uniform, to stand together and
plead for them to "come home" and defend their families from alongside . Also,
a wide spread strike will be seen as an undermining of the authority of the Ruling Class.
They will understand that this is only the beginning of the end of their rule. They
will stop at nothing in order to maintain control.
If we strike, we must go forward to victory. If we strike and we are defeated,
it could signal the beginning of a new Dark Age.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/6/18, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The ruling class owns the guns and the cops, yes. They also own the
means of production. Our job is to take it all away from them and
there are more of us than there are of them. Consider a general
strike. What would the ruling class do and what could the ruling class
do if everyone just stayed home and refused to work?
On 2/6/2018 7:30 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
Carl, the working class can never do that. The ruling class owns the
guns and the cops. Any revolution will be put down. What we need is
quiet evolution. Keeping pushing further to left and avoid the
protest votes and third party red herrings that the ruling class
throws at us. Eventually if we keep pushing further to the left the
ruling class may be weak enough for that revolution. Until then the best we can
do is slow evolution.
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl
Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 10:49 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: 75 Years Ago-some things never change!
"February 13, 1943
New demands for wage increases to equal rising living costs were
voiced last week by a number of union bodies."
Even as a boy of 8, I recall the Media Blitz on how unpatriotic Labor
Unions were. I mean, it was the "Good War", the Allies(Good Guys)
versus the Axis(Evil Guys). It was our duty to give our All to this
Righteous Cause. To lose would mean world enslavement. How dare
Labor demand a living wage in times like these! Many families dug up
their front lawns and planted "Victory Gardens", while most of us
saved string, tinfoil, grease and rags. We kids traveled the
neighborhoods collecting newspapers for the War Cause. On the
Pacific Coast, we put Blackout shades on our windows and the city of
Seattle became a black hole at night. Boeing camouflaged their huge
factory so that it looked like just another neighborhood from the air.
And a couple of times each week we children would hear the air raid
alarm sound in the schools, and we would march into the hall and lay
face down on the floor with our heads against the outside wall, and
our arms over our heads...hoping that this was not the real thing.
One time there was a serious threat. Instead of marching into the
halls, we were told to "Run for Home as fast as our legs could carry
us"! Of course we arrived home, my two sisters and I, and found the house
locked.
Mother was not home from her job in down town Seattle, and Dad was
working at the Bremerton Shipyard on the other side of Puget Sound.
We huddled together on the porch and plotted just what we would do if
the Japs came rushing up the hill and tried to capture us.
And all the time that our working class tightened our belts, went
without certain foods, faced food and gas rationing, all this time
the Wealthy did not suffer in the slightest. The War Industry raked
in huge profits, mostly through the sales of their war materials to
the Allies, which meant that we, the taxpayers footed the bill. And
they cried foul when Labor demanded some relief from the rising inflation.
In Seattle, most rentals increased 25% during the war years. No
reason other than the landlords could get away with it. But to ask
for a raise in pay? Why, that was UnAmerican.
Hmm...now that I look at today's news, nothing seems to have changed.
The Working Class is still the enemy of our nation. Just listen to
Donald Trump, suggesting that it is an act of Treason to disagree
with His Edicts.
We finally did learn that the so called "Good War" was not so good at all.
The "Good War" is yet to come when the working class rises up and
removes the corrupt Oligarchy now controlling America.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/5/18, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://themilitant.com/2018/8206/820643.html
The Militant (logo)
Vol. 82/No. 6 February 12, 2018
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
February 12, 1993
As Washington’s occupation of southern Somalia nears the end of its
second month, the U.S. military unleashed its firepower against
forces loyal to ousted Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre that were
threatening to seize control of the port city of Kismayo.
In the capital city of Mogadishu, where thousands of U.S. troops are
deployed, shootings of Somalis have become virtually a daily
occurrence as the U.S. military has begun actively organizing a new
police force there.
With nearly 40,000 troops currently under U.S. command now in
Somalia, UN and U.S. officials continue to discuss plans for replacing U.S.
troops with a 20,000-strong UN force.
According to [UN] special envoy for Somalia Ismat Kittani, the new
UN military force will probably be in Somalia for “not months but years.”
February 12, 1968
The massive National Liberation Front offensive against most of the
occupied cities of South Vietnam opens a new stage of the Vietnamese
revolution. The revolutionary forces demonstrated that they can
challenge U.S. and Saigon armies for control of practically every
square inch of the land.
The world’s mightiest imperialist power has been dealt a stunning blow.
The blow is primarily political, although its immediate military
impact is considerable. Those who are carrying it forward have
written one of the most extraordinary and heroic pages in history.
The attack has already included “no less than 30 of South Vietnam’s
44 provincial capitals, as well as larger cities such as Saigon and
Danang, American installations and uncounted towns,” according to
the New York Times.
February 13, 1943
New demands for wage increases to equal rising living costs were
voiced last week by a number of union bodies.
The growing pressure for wage raises is based on opposition to the
administration wage policy embodied in the Little Steel formula of
the War Labor Board, which bans increases of more than 15% over Jan.
1941 wage levels, although living costs have risen almost twice the
15% figure during this two-year period.
The United Mine Workers policy committee decided to request $2 a day
wage increases for their 450,000 bituminous coal workers. It is
expected that the union will ask for a similar raise for its 88,000
anthracite miners.
The head of the UMW policy committee pointed out that “an increase
of 42% on the wholesale prices of articles essential to family
maintenance cannot be ignored.”
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