Sujet: (SOTT) wobblies + Let's+All+Light+Up + Arthur Silber |
De: béate |
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:42:14 -0400 (EDT) |
....................................................... 2 texts sott focus 7 texts best of web ......................................................... Today is Labor Day in the United States. Yes,
I know the rest of the world celebrates it on May 1, but here in the U.S.
we don't want to have it on the same day as all those foreign socialists
and communists. It
is a good time to look at the state of the labor movement. Last week we wrote
a bit about the IWW (International Workers of the World) or "Wobblies." It was no accident that the IWW declined and was
suppressed while the AFL (American Federation of Labor) succeeded. The Wobblies called for all workers everywhere to stop working until the employers gave up. The AFL maintained cozy relationships with employers. ..................... That
was a textbook case divide-and-conquer, raise-a-class-of-collaborators strategy
by the ruling class. Very effective. The Wobblies, on the other hand, called
for Direct Action. As an IWW pamphlet put it,
Or,
According to Zinn, the Wobblies,
Let's close, then, with a dedication to the Wobblies and a song by Patti Smith:
SOTT FOCUS AND http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/139159-The+War+On+Working+Americans+Part+1+%26+2 ( also
best of web ) http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/ 911 General Strike Gains Momentum: ........................................... with a link to ( 911 General Strike Gains Momentum ) ............................................. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ texts posted by Arthur Silber ( another best of web ) Chaos, War, Murder and Destruction Are What They Want + NEVER, EVER ARGUE IN TERMS OF INTELLIGENCE AT ALL. The
second you start arguing about intelligence, you've given the game away once
again. This is a game the government and the proponents of war will always
win. By now, we all surely know that if they want the intelligence to show
that Country X is a "grave" and "growing" threat, they will find it or manufacture
it. So once you're debating what the intelligence shows or fails to show,
the debate is over. The war will inevitably begin. To repeat: the decision to go to war is one of policy,
and the intelligence -- whatever it is alleged to show -- is irrelevant.
Don't argue in terms of intelligence at all. If you do, you'll lose. The
administration knows that; many of its opponents still haven't figured it
out, even now. Be
sure to understand one critical point: to the extent you grant legitimacy
to the United States government in its current form, to the degree you confine
opposition "within the system" as it now exists, you are aiding and abetting
tyrants, torturers and murderers. If you wish to make that choice, you may
certainly do so. Do not expect to be forgiven for your choice in the future.
This does not mean you must resort to violence, and I do not advocate such
a course. But what is absolutely necessary is what Chris indicates: non-compliance,
disassociation, the refusal to obey and the insistence on saying, "No." On that last point, I urge you to read an earlier essay of mine, "You're Either with the Resistance -- or with the Murderers." from: There Is No Substitute for Firm, Hard and Deep Insertion (same author) for more: http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/ Once Upon a Time... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ a-t-w: The
Taliban are largely active in southern and eastern areas of Afghanistan and
are locked in near daily clashes with Afghan and foreign troops, in which
around 7,000 people have died in the past 19 months -- the bloodiest period
since the resurgent Taliban's fall. Comment: Instead
of demonising the Taliban for their course of action, maybe it is time to
get the hell out of Dodge, stay out and help economically the Afghan people
rebuild what the illegal occupation forces have destroyed. "We consider
it (kidnapping) as an arm that can help us in imparting a blow to the enemy,"
Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf told Reuters by telephone from an
undisclosed location. "Kidnapping ... and killing of (nationals) of those
countries who have come for the annihilation of the nation of Afghanistan,
are works which suppress the enemy," he added. Comment: The
Afghans are just freedom fighters, who uses whatever means to liberate their
country from the foreign empire. Can you blame them considering the untold
misery and destruction that the US and it's allies have wrought on that country?
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