In the world's greatest United Suckers and Assholes Homeland State of California, some major demonstrations and protests occurred last week concerning a 1/3 tuition fee hike in their higher, State, educational university system, its overall privatization and concomitant labor issues.
Instructors, professors, students, labor, other sympathizers walked out of classes, picketed, boycotted, barricaded, got arrested, etc.
Presented here are some of the issues involved, in two separate links, so you can contrast and compare, if you wish.
I especially prefer the first link below, however, because of the cynical audacity and hypocrisy represented by our newfound AFT labor leader's MILITANCY, neglecting, forgetting to mention that former AFT President Albert Shanker FIRST championed privately operated "public" charter schools, thus, helping erode, weaken public education (I will post/link to Shanker's position on Charter Schools in a footnote at the end), AND, the AFT proudly advertises their covert support for their anti-Communist trade union movements abroad in Eastern Europe, like Poland, and elsewhere, in their quarterly glossy publication, AND, the AFT ACTIVELY, like all other AFL-CIA unions, supported/s our current NAZI Democratic Obooma Dictatorship, AND, they subsequently, like all other unions, did NOTHING to oppose, but, instead, SUPPORTED NAZI Citigroup/Exxon/Morgan Obooma's bogus stimulus, tax gift, giveaways, boondoggles, AND, of course, ALSO, ALL, including the AFT, invest their pension funds in the same multinational private corporations supposedly screwing them and ALL OF US AND, of course, they have done nothing to support, but, actively subvert, instead, Single Payer medical insurance.
But, no matter these fundamental contradictions.
Now, THEY are the ones directly screwed and are asking us for support!!
Of course, one must realize still this is NOT FREE higher education about which we are talking, as you will see below.
It is a hybrid system of private and State subsidized higher education at significantly less cost than the outright private schools, which, by the way, often get federal and/or local tax subsidies in a variety of ways with NO objections from ANY named above.
In other words, a two tiered and separate but unequal private versus public educational system, as in most else.
So, returning to below, like our recent, aborted, Philadelphia transit strike, what will they win??
What will they accomplish??
And, more importantly, HOW??Of course, one must realize still this is NOT FREE higher education about which we are talking, as you will see below.
It is a hybrid system of private and State subsidized higher education at significantly less cost than the outright private schools, which, by the way, often get federal and/or local tax subsidies in a variety of ways with NO objections from ANY named above.
In other words, a two tiered and separate but unequal private versus public educational system, as in most else.
So, returning to below, like our recent, aborted, Philadelphia transit strike, what will they win??
What will they accomplish??
Well, they really have no power, both in the literal and figurative sense of the word.
The whole point of this exercise is to get rid of the state's obligation for public education.
This is Fascism.
This is THEIR goal.
The untermenschen, useless eaters, redundant labor force, which they represent, do not count.
They are irrelevant. Meaningless.
The whole point of this exercise is to get rid of the state's obligation for public education.
This is Fascism.
This is THEIR goal.
The untermenschen, useless eaters, redundant labor force, which they represent, do not count.
They are irrelevant. Meaningless.
So, if they object, boycott, stay home, protest, etc., that suits the Fascists just fine, precisely their objective.
Who hurts most by NOT participating?
Themselves.
Does commerce, industry and production, essential services come to a standstill?
Grind to a halt??
So, who gives a shit, except themselves, of course.
Who hurts most by NOT participating?
Themselves.
Does commerce, industry and production, essential services come to a standstill?
Grind to a halt??
So, who gives a shit, except themselves, of course.
Where is their leverage??
Now, IF our institutional, organized labor class representatives were PRINCIPLED and NOT contradictory, and, united, unified in ALL THINGS PUBLIC, supporting, demanding, protecting, defending, advancing, on a national and local level, Single Payer Health Care, public PENSION funding, public education, transportation, nationalized industry, resources, then, they would have total and complete support, leverage, sympathy, etc.
But, not this way.
What IF they combine actions and issues to DEMAND NATIONAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION??
It's a rhetorical question, suggestion.
Obviously, they will NOT, for all the reasons stated.
So, too bad if they lose their jobs, education, union negotiated private medical insurance and pension funds.
Now, IF our institutional, organized labor class representatives were PRINCIPLED and NOT contradictory, and, united, unified in ALL THINGS PUBLIC, supporting, demanding, protecting, defending, advancing, on a national and local level, Single Payer Health Care, public PENSION funding, public education, transportation, nationalized industry, resources, then, they would have total and complete support, leverage, sympathy, etc.
But, not this way.
What IF they combine actions and issues to DEMAND NATIONAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION??
It's a rhetorical question, suggestion.
Obviously, they will NOT, for all the reasons stated.
So, too bad if they lose their jobs, education, union negotiated private medical insurance and pension funds.
C'est la vie.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Perhaps, they can apply for new jobs in the burgeoning, new, Middle East empire and transforming, privatizing bubble their NAZI Citigroup/Exxon/
Morgan Obooma Dictatorship stimulus and tax dollar giveaways are supporting and subsidizing.
Or, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, those many places around the globe they helped, and, continue covert and overt counter-revolutionary, Fascist collaboration, to liberate from the yoke of Communist oppression and Dictatorship:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/20/students
And:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/18/18629164.php
UNTIL AND UNLESS their/our OWN, domestic, institutionalized, class, labor union policies represented ABOVE are confronted, challenged, directly, changed, altered, significantly, the imperialist project and contradictions, abroad, represented in Iraq, below, BY ALL IMPERIALIST POWERS COMBINED, will CONTINUE UNABATED.
They will NOT be challenged at home in any meaningful, significant way.
The stakes are simply TOO HIGH, ENORMOUS.
They will fight to their deaths and ultimate extinction, like the dinosaurs.
Domestic and foreign policy and POWER, LEVERAGE is inextricably intertwined.
If you exercise NO progressive, positive power, influence, leverage, at home, then, you cannot be expected to exercise power, leverage, abroad to influence events progressively, positively.
The domestic and foreign power relationship of organized labor is congruent, not schizophrenic, the latter being contingent upon the former.
Perhaps, they can apply for new jobs in the burgeoning, new, Middle East empire and transforming, privatizing bubble their NAZI Citigroup/Exxon/
Morgan Obooma Dictatorship stimulus and tax dollar giveaways are supporting and subsidizing.
Or, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, those many places around the globe they helped, and, continue covert and overt counter-revolutionary, Fascist collaboration, to liberate from the yoke of Communist oppression and Dictatorship:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/20/students
And:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/18/18629164.php
UNTIL AND UNLESS their/our OWN, domestic, institutionalized, class, labor union policies represented ABOVE are confronted, challenged, directly, changed, altered, significantly, the imperialist project and contradictions, abroad, represented in Iraq, below, BY ALL IMPERIALIST POWERS COMBINED, will CONTINUE UNABATED.
They will NOT be challenged at home in any meaningful, significant way.
The stakes are simply TOO HIGH, ENORMOUS.
They will fight to their deaths and ultimate extinction, like the dinosaurs.
Domestic and foreign policy and POWER, LEVERAGE is inextricably intertwined.
If you exercise NO progressive, positive power, influence, leverage, at home, then, you cannot be expected to exercise power, leverage, abroad to influence events progressively, positively.
The domestic and foreign power relationship of organized labor is congruent, not schizophrenic, the latter being contingent upon the former.
So, while the broader Middle East KRG/Baghdad/Iran conundrum, IMPEDIMENT grinds inexorably forward and is NOT overtly stated, discussed below, indeed, assiduously avoided, it is clear to me the outcome is a pre-determined one, implied by some of the names of the discussants in the following in conjunction with overlapping information on my previous posts.
One can expect NO help from ANYONE here, since the handmaidens of the anti-Communist Left abroad and at home are busy diverting every one's attention away from the power realities represented above, thus, avoiding, preventing, any internal major policy, power confrontation, showdown or shift.
Instead, the ersatz, CIA, manufactured Left here continues their assigned job diverting attention away from the above, for example, onto their favorite, constructed morality tale of the omnipotent, big, BAD, Jews/Zionist conspiracy, Lobby, and Good, poor, suffering Palestinians, (David and Goliath), in reality, vassal states and peoples BOTH, victims all, caught in the Great Power imperialist game above and below, thus, cynically, opportunistically manipulated and exploited by the bogus, "humanitarian" Left for their own ulterior purposes, conveniently ignoring the following:
www.iraqoilforum.com
And, here's the FOOTNOTE to which I referred above regarding former AFT President Shanker and his position on privately operated, but, so-called, public, charter schools, i.e., public/private partnerships, like our proposed publicly subsidized, but, for profit, PRIVATE health insurance options:
http://www.aft.org/topics/charters/
One can expect NO help from ANYONE here, since the handmaidens of the anti-Communist Left abroad and at home are busy diverting every one's attention away from the power realities represented above, thus, avoiding, preventing, any internal major policy, power confrontation, showdown or shift.
Instead, the ersatz, CIA, manufactured Left here continues their assigned job diverting attention away from the above, for example, onto their favorite, constructed morality tale of the omnipotent, big, BAD, Jews/Zionist conspiracy, Lobby, and Good, poor, suffering Palestinians, (David and Goliath), in reality, vassal states and peoples BOTH, victims all, caught in the Great Power imperialist game above and below, thus, cynically, opportunistically manipulated and exploited by the bogus, "humanitarian" Left for their own ulterior purposes, conveniently ignoring the following:
www.iraqoilforum.com
And, here's the FOOTNOTE to which I referred above regarding former AFT President Shanker and his position on privately operated, but, so-called, public, charter schools, i.e., public/private partnerships, like our proposed publicly subsidized, but, for profit, PRIVATE health insurance options:
http://www.aft.org/topics/charters/
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