The Political Point of the Day
The picture above is from the Lawrence Textile Strike in 1912. When the establishment reacts so drastically and harshly to a people powered movement you know the people are on the right track.
Posted by Matt at 6/9/2009 1:30 PM 
Categories: The Political Point of the Day
Tags: The Political Point of the Day Organized Labor 1912 Photo Strike Lawrence Textile Strike
Categories: The Political Point of the Day
Tags: The Political Point of the Day Organized Labor 1912 Photo Strike Lawrence Textile Strike
Great Picture
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The photograph is very telling.Two sides-one armed with bayonets-the other steadfast. Look at the soldiers. They are all looking to their left for some guidence from an officer. Not one of those guys wanted to harm the man in front of him. After all,they were All Americans. The Civil War had ended only a few decades before and nobody wanted to fire on fellow citizen. That said, there are plenty of examples where soldiers had no such compunction.....Civil unrest will be non existent in today's USA. There is no sense of community any more. Farmers are gone. Factory workers? Please. I worked factories all my adult life and got fucked in the ass.and nobody cared.My fellow citizens treated me like a bum. Fuck 'Labor' Fuck the American Dream. This place is so fucked I'm over cryin. I'm over tryin. I'm gonna get fucked up and listen to The Dead. It's all I got in this blessed world.
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These textile workers helped pave the way for people like me that do blue collar work. I have decent pay and a good work environment while engineering tools thanks to the efforts of people like these.
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Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
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After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.
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