The workers of the U.S. and the world have been conditioned by the 1 percent, corporations and Stock Exchange for the past 30 years. It is not that hard to understand. First, the 1 percent took control of the media, newspapers, and television and radio stations. They give grants to educational institutions, which, in turn, they want their people put on the educational boards. Then the 1 percent supports or buys states’ governors who will support the 1 percent’s right wing ideology?
Now with these things in place, the 1 percent uses propaganda programs to get the 99 percent to vote against their own interests and blame others for all that goes wrong. By the way, propaganda was invented here in the U.S. in 1913-’14. Then it was copied by the Nazis and refined around 1934, when Hitler and his terrorists blamed the Jews, gypsies, gays, communists, socialists, trade unionists, and Catholics, which brings us to today.
We are supposed to be the poster child for democracy and honest elections, but the corporate Democrats and the GOP parties are failing the people, and the voters are not going to stand for the big con. They are not buying the media propaganda anymore.
They want their piece of the economic pie, such as a living wage of $15 to $21 minimum wage per hour, Black Lives Matter, getting rid of bad trade deals, a raise in Social Security benefits, single-payer healthcare, free education, better laws to protect unions and card check, and want elected officials who believe in climate change and are willing to do something about it.
Yes, the big con of 30 years has been exposed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and the people voting for Bernie will not vote for anyone except Bernie so it is Bernie or Trump. Bernie is the only one who can beat the GOP. This is a true revelation of the people; one side is education and will vote their best interest. The other side is dumb as hell and will vote against their own interest. Pick one.
Yes, they are coming for us. Workers need to have one another’s backs because no one else will. Neither the broader labor movement nor the Democratic party are prepared to meet the urgency of this moment. So it’s going to fall upon the rest of us to mount a real resistance against Trump’s authoritarian takeover. We’re going to have to get our hands dirty. I don’t care if you have a good, well-paying union job and you are in the middle class now—if you see a worker being dragged out of his workplace regardless of how skilled the job and potentially taken to another country, you should be ready to be there for that worker. When I.C.E. shows up, gather around and shame them into leaving. It has worked in other places. America is sleep walking into authoritarianism, and if there’s anyone out there who is a member of a labor union that is safe—at this point— and doesn’t think this applies to them. Understand that they just haven’t gotten to you yet. They’re coming for all of us. There are ...
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