Michael Moore: Why I Support the People of Thompson, Canada -- And You Should Too

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



To people down here in the U.S., Thompson, Canada and its fight with the Brazilian mining giant Vale may seem very far away.

It's not.

(Don't be embarrassed if you need a map to find Thompson, though -- blame the U.S. media, which will only tell you about Canadians if they have some connection to Justin Bieber.)

Right now Thompson is fighting a frontline battle in a war that's been raging for the past 30 years -- the global war of the world's rich on the middle class. It's a war the people of Flint and all of Michigan know much too well. It's a war going on right now in Wisconsin. And it's a war where the middle class just won a round in Egypt. (You probably didn't know -- because the U.S. media was too busy telling you about Justin Bieber -- that Gamal Mubarak, son of Egypt's dictator and his chosen successor, worked for years for Bank of America.)

.....(snip).....

Canada isn't like the United States -- it's still a first world country, where corporations are supposed to exist to benefit people, not the other way around. They don't just have universal health care -- they even have something called the Investment Canada Act, which says multinationals like Vale can only invest in Canadian industries if it will benefit all of Canada. I know, crazy! ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/why-i-support-the-people_b_828238.html?ir=Yahoo

[Canuckistanian]

1. Vale INCO - it figures

They cut a swathe of destruction through Sudbury, Ontario, causing the longest strike in Ontario history.

Now they're after Thompson Manitoba? Yup, it's a worldwide assault on unions. We're not exempt, either.