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.
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[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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