The truth is that the railroad workers know their position in the economy all too well and expected the government to end a strike quickly if they let it go at all.
The big disappointment is that Biden and Congress choose the company's proposals as the basis for the imposed contract instead of the Union's demands on time off, staffing, and safety.
In fact the companies were counting on it, which is why they never moved from their outrageous demands in negotiations.
It depends on the kind of strike. Workers that strike over a company's unfair labor practice are protected from permanent replacements. This is not that tho. While they are far apart, I don't think they can accuse the companies of refusing to negotiate.
Of course if the union wins the strike then no replacement.
I agree with half your comment, because Sinclair is a threat to democracy. But the change in our political culture began with right wing talk radio after the end of the fairness doctrine.
Of course there were other factors, like neoliberal attacks on our living standards. But perhaps there could have been another narrative to explain those neoliberal attacks in a more diverse media environment.
Down voters apparently aren't aware that the national Democratic party will back an anti choice candidate in order to prevent a progressive from taking the seat.
Please show me where I made any accusations to you. I think you doth protest too much.
Being color blind (or which ever) won't fight racism. If we don't acknowledge the difference we end up ignoring the problem. And yes, who they are matters because their experience isn't something you or I could provide. It isn't necessarily a fault of ours that we can never know thier experience; we just aren't treated like they are.
Yes, fuck the rich. But the working class that must fight the rich is a diverse working class.
You mean the women whose degrees and careers were working on AI and who published informed critiques and who were fired for not retracting their criticism?
Y2K, like the ozone hole, is an example of a dire problem that could be solved by united effort with adequate resources and then seen as "no problem" by those ignorant of the effort expended.
Otherwise, neat scale.
Just remember that a minimum wage increase WON in Florida with a higher percentage than Trump, even tho both candidates opposed it.
If Democrats don't run to progressive positions, they don't benefit from the public sentiment.
This seems like it would make it harder for Ohioans to vote to make abortion and pot legal, against the wishes of the gerrymandered Republican legislature.
I would vote no.
RFK doesn't have a reputation (or at least, not a good one to anyone not a conspiracist nutter) to destroy.
Cornell West, in 2004 criticized Ralph Nader for running but with held praise from Kerry saying, "I disagree with brother Ralph, he is our brother and friend, but vote for Kerry even tho he is the enemy". And now he's doing the same thing. West remembers too well the frustrations of trying to pressure the Obama presidency into a progressive direction.
We do need to escape the lesser evil trap. Every election the Democrats threatened us with Hitler and held us hostage. And every year that moved the Overton window further right until their threats became real.
So I recognize West as an ally even tho I recommend voting for Biden in any state with a contested election.
But simply voting for West won't create an alternative. More must be done, and far more than just more down ballot left candidates. Organizing, strikes, protests, campaigns, alternative institutions, the gamut of a new culture and system.
I don't disagree but states like Washington that have long mandated de-escalation training still have this same shit happening.
The nature of policing in a capitalist state leads police to view the public as the enemy. Their job is to uphold the status quo, which is structural inequality. Individual cops are still individuals, of course. They just have to swim against the tide of how their job and the culture within departments shapes them.
I wasn't watching TV when the X files came out. Is there a list of shows to watch?
I found a recommended list of Buffy (at least which shows were important at the beginning) when I finally saw that.
The truth is that the railroad workers know their position in the economy all too well and expected the government to end a strike quickly if they let it go at all.
The big disappointment is that Biden and Congress choose the company's proposals as the basis for the imposed contract instead of the Union's demands on time off, staffing, and safety.
In fact the companies were counting on it, which is why they never moved from their outrageous demands in negotiations.