"Triangle: Remembering the Fire"

[niyad]

for those of you who have hbo, and didn't catch this documentary tonight, it will be available on demand starting tomorrow.

it was an incredible piece, and I urge everyone who can, to see this heartbreaking story.

if I had my way, every single damned repuke in the country would be forced to watch it until their eyes bleed, to see the horror they want to create. as one of the speakers said, anyone who wants to see deregulation in action, just has to look at triangle. sadly, I don't think any of them would give a damn.

[Zoeisright]

1. Fuckin' A.

That should be required viewing on every single television in this country.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. Know this -- They DO NOT GIVE A RAT'S ASS.

It goes beyond a mere "they don't care." They REALLY don't care.

They will only care when it hits home to them, because the only ones they care about are themselves.



TG

[niyad]

4. one of the things that upset me, apart from the sheer horror, was the attitude of the granddaughter

of blanck--she was talking about how she was glad, as his granddaughter, that he was acquited, but, had she been a relative of one of the victims, she would have shot him.

[madmax]

3. I missed it. Thanks for the heads up

I've been telling my daughter in law and the grands about the Triangle. We've been discussing unions. Tomorrow all will sit their butts down and watch. They can agree or disagree afterwards.

[niyad]

5. thank omaha steve for alerting us in the first place. I knew it was the centenary, did not know

there was a documentary on it.

at the end of the doc was a listing of all the dead.

[pansypoo53219]

6. i watched the american experience one again.

will catch the HBO one on demand.

[PDittie]

7. Precursor to Wisconsin

What I did not know: Triangle made money off the disaster because they were insured. They were right back in business after the fire.

The difference between then and now: the hoi polloi are too distracted by their smartphones, too enamored of their American Idol, and too propagandized by their FOX "News" to be bothered to protest for better working conditions. "There's another war going on? Meh, I'm playing Angry Birds..."

[niyad]

8. I had not known that either--and the fact that they were acquited "with tears in their eyes"

was absolutely sickening.

[tallahasseedem]

9. I thought that it was really good...

although it seemed a little short. I would have liked to it have been a bit longer.

[niyad]

10. agreed-it was very good, but I could have wished it to be a little longer.

[BuelahWitch]

11. PBS has their own documentary about Triangle on their streaming website

http://video.pbs.org/program/979359091/

It is nice to see that this is being remembered by more than public television (although I am always grateful to PBS for what they do).

[niyad]

12. thank you for reminding us about the pbs doc--will watch it as soon as I can.

will look up the organization, but, when Omaha Steve first pointed out this doc, somebody pointed out that there is a group in nyc that, on the anniversary, goes around the area marking where each person lived. quite a tribute.

[Iris]

13. Also an American Experience episode on PBS. You can watch online here -

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/player/


Local stations may show it on the March 25th, since it is the actual anniversary

[Iris]

14. kick

[niyad]

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