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.
There are three phases of a general strike and unions must plan for one. Those three phases are: 1. general strike in an industry 2. general strike in a community 3. general national strike We need to move away from being on the defensive and move toward a good offensive. The American Federal of Labor (AFL) could not have held a general strike if it wanted to because they had thousands of different contracts that expired at different times of the year. This was done deliberately so that there is no consolidation of power for a general strike. Also, nowadays, there is no law agency that will support labor, except the National Labor Relations Board (NLBR), which has been under attack and in decline for years. This leaves the burden of change up to unions, and unless unions work together, little will change. We essentially have a combination of job trusts, which are not as strong as contracts, and the courts can break easily because the NLBR will be further weakened and essentially elim...
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