Workers shut down west coast ports! Kudos to the ILWU!

Ronnie Roach

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Fri May-02-08 12:47 PM
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Workers shut down west coast ports! Kudos to the ILWU!

Jack Heys of the ILWU said on Democracy Now: Protest has now become resistance against the occupation of IRAQ. This was a major achievement in the anti-war movement. Very rarely a union would have a shut down that is not about a union issue. This non-violent resistance is more effective than a bunch of son's and daughters of the middle class running around in black ski masks overturing cars and breaking windows. If the ballot box fails us, then we protest, if that fails, then we have strikes. In the event that tacit fails then comes civil disobedience. If all fails, then the last resort is Revolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLVWzOp7Q70

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