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In reply to the discussion: Occupy's tactics are hurting their message and the left [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)as is, this morning I got a taste (anecdotal) from actual truck drivers. And it is not what you posted. It was more the, "I got not enough to hold an opinion but if they are here, there has to be a reason for it." From labor history I could translate that for you, and it's not the words, but the subtext.
MSM has an agenda. If you want to see another time with the same situation I recommend you read the Labor Papers and the Chicago Tribune around the Haymarket affair. You will find that there are two different stories... and at times that radically 180 from each other.
The San Fran Gate is playing the role of the paper of record, like the Chicago Trib did back then.
Perhaps after the dust settles you might be able to figure this out, or before that hopefully.
I see definite echoes, parallels if you will, to other ages of worker struggle. By the way, the Union cannot OPENLY tell you they support this... there is this pesky NO STRIKE clause in most union contracts these days. I am willing to bet that you probably do not know that.