Same old, same old.
Blame the victims.
We sing, "...the Land of the Free and the home of the Brave".
Just who are the Brave? And who are the cowards hiding behind that Flag?
The more I hear Donald Trump sound off, the more difficult it is to
remain calm. Donald Trump reminds me of a number of bosses I've
worked for over the years.
As Boss of America, Donald Trump seems to believe that his way is the
only way, and anyone who dares express a different opinion needs to be
taught a lesson...fire the sonofabitch!
So how does it feel, Mister and Missus America? Working long hours or
two and three jobs in order to provide the Boss all the wealth he so
Rightly believes he deserves? And he pays you back by shouting down
your right to express yourself, as if you were less than the dog
doodoo on his shoe?
Carl Jarvis
On 9/28/17, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://socialistaction.org/2017/09/27/nfl-player-protests-deepen-solidarity/
NFL player protests deepen solidarity
/ 22 hours ago
Oct. 2017 Balt. Ravens
Baltimore Ravens players kneel on Sept. 24.
By ERNIE GOTTA
President Trump had this to say about professional athletes taking a
knee during the National Anthem: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these
NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of
a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’”
What was the response? The Pittsburgh Steelers refused to take the field
during the Anthem. Many of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots
took a knee. National Anthem singers at two separate games, Meghan
Linsey and Rico Lavelle, took a knee while performing. The Oakland
Athletics’ Bruce Maxwell, was the first baseball player to take a knee.
Basketball star Steph Curry refused to attend the White House
celebration for the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.
The new cast of “Star Trek: Discovery” took a knee on their premiere
night. The list goes on. The expressions of solidarity are incredible.
Despite his absence on the field, the NFL Player’s Union awarded
Kaepernick with the Week One MVP for his charity work. He recently
donated $25,000 in the fight for DACA.
It is likely that the NFL owners are scrambling to find a way around
slumping popularity to maintain their profit margins. Dallas Cowboys
owner Jerry Jones originally loathed the kneeling protests, yet he
linked arms with his players and took a knee before the national anthem
during Monday Night Football on Sept. 25. The spectacular photo-op was a
perfect way to begin blurring the lines between the original intent of
Kaepernick’s protest and the owners’ self-interest.
League ratings continue to fall. The NFL boycott and player protest is
working. Broadcasting stocks took a nosedive this week, a fall of
between 1% and 8%. Trump attributed the low ratings to “new league
rules” that penalize excessively hard tackles. This hyper-masculine
explanation defies all scientific evidence of increased brain trauma
among current and retired players. Recent discovery of one of the most
severe case of Stage 3 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) was found
during an autopsy of Aaron Hernandez, who committed suicide while
awaiting trial for murder charges.
Fans are turning away from the NFL because they are sick and tired of
injustice. They want to stand in solidarity with Kaepernick. What does
it mean for the working class when the president calls for the best paid
workers to be fired for their political beliefs? He is signaling to
employers everywhere that it is open season to fire workers for
expressing their own unique ideas.
Is it unrealistic to consider an NFL player strike? The deepening
political consciousness of professional athletes is opening an
interesting arena in the class struggle. This includes a solidarity
letter to Kaepernick penned by military veterans: “However you choose to
use your voice, please do so with an understanding that many veterans do
not condemn the protest of activists like Jackie Robinson, Colin
Kaepernick and everyday Americans seeking justice. Indeed, we see no
higher form of patriotism.”
The U.S. government pays millions to NFL owners to convene patriotic
displays during games. It can be argued that the Pittsburgh Steelers’
not appearing on field during the “Star Spangled Banner” was a type of
brief work stoppage or wildcat strike. The patriotic illusion is not
successfully created when the players are not standing and saluting the
flag.
Workers everywhere are getting a real lesson that the U.S. flag really
represents police brutality, war, and the bosses’ profits. What could a
player strike accomplish? It could quickly resolve Kaepernick’s status
on the NFL owners’ blacklist and put an end to harassment by Trump and
the bosses. A player strike could also build confidence in the working
class and serve as a popular example for the power of mass collective
struggle against the bosses.
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