And today there is still union busting going on. Moreover, even peaceful
protesters with disabilities armed only with signs, leaflets and voices can
be barricaded in broad daylight at the Michigan State Capitol, on the day of
our civil rights celebration by the same state police goons, acting on
orders from state actors who routinely investigate and snoop on labor and
other dissenters here. Same folks who pepper ssprayed and who closed the
doors to the people's house, the Capitol to union activists during the
right-to-work fiascos here in 2012!
On the latter they got twelve thousand in to the Capitol before the lock
out. On the former we weren't even allowed on to the lawn of the state
capitol, which, by the way is the very place dedicated for "picketing and
leafletting".
But, PWD don't have First Amendment rights here, and most especially those
who oppose the slave labor operations of shelterred workshops and the
masters, like Mitch Tomlinson of Peckham who makes $500,000 plus while
paying many only pennies.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 11:18 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Donald Trump and
the Remaking of America
Bob,
I hear you loud and clear. Actually we do not need to look across the
oceans to learn about hatred, racism, bullying and fear mongering.
Setting aside the obvious example of the KKK and Black Americans, we
can look to the Union Busters of the 1890's through the 1930's. Town
toughs were gathered and given bully sticks with instructions on how
to use them. They were turned out with orders to break up picket
lines and gatherings of protesters. My own uncle Bill was a stoolie
for the company bosses and later, for the FBI. He infiltrated labor
meetings, or neighborhood gatherings, ordered to report the names of
any individual who spoke out against the bosses or against the local
political bosses. Today's crisis may actually be worse for the
American Laborers because their once powerful Working Class is barely
breathing today.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/3/16, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
What a sad day was so-called Super Tuesday. AS much as part of me chuckles
at the disarray that is today's Republican Party, I am afraid that fear and
hate are ruling the day. More specifically, white fear and white hate.
History does indeed repeat itself. (see the 1920's and 1930's in Germany.)
Bob Hachey
