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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:52 AM Original message |
Why don't we see National Strikes here in the US? |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. November second |
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DJ MEW (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. true but it will only work if enough people do it. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. The South doesn't strike. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. that is really sad...and considering that in the south... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Which one? "Passionate Declarations" - "A People's History of the U.S." |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. "A People's History of the US" |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Organized religion helps maintain ignorance there. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because union members would be punished in one way or another |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. they were punished back when...but they accepted that as a sacrifice |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I think things aren't bad enough for people to make those sacrifices yet. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Were they in the IWW? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Them dirty commies over at World Can't Wait... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. Divide and conquer. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I would tend to agree..... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Most of the Mob stories are folklore. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Of course. They were used to scare workers away. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Several reasons: |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It all makes me so sad and also very mad |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. I would guess it's because of the size of this country. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Several reasons |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! You get the prize! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am betting on Revolution, but that is me |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I thought so too.... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. ding ding |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I Think #4 Is The Key |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I have to agree with you... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ground Swell Revolution Almost Never Happens. . . |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. People are also afraid because of job security |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's because most |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. People are scared to lose their job |
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Aries (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. "American" |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I understand that... |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Never understood the concept |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. With the interlocking of corporate boards, a sympathy strike |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I can see some of that |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. We dont have a unified working class. EOM |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because government has instilled in us, to just think about ourselves and |
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Gruenemann (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because we are sheep. eom |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. We're not France |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Because they don't work. n/t |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Please thank your uncle for his support (from an ATC). |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I will let him know |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Unions aren't that powerful anymore. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. TV + credit |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Debt Has a Way of Making Wimps Out of People |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. In the 30's,500,000 people went on strike nationwide |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. once again...it takes sacrifice to make things better and no one |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Because everyone is too worried about their own jobs and lives |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. those textile workers were stripped of everything they had |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. Because people can't afford to lose their jobs |
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