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Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution (Original Post)
marble falls
Jan 7
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johnnyfins
(3,576 posts)1. I want to be positive. I want to think that it's
possible. But I am a "Getting Old" gen xer. I see zero evidence that change is in the works.
marble falls
(71,398 posts)3. If you don't think it's been worse, look at the history of labor unrest especially in the mines of Colrado, ...
... or Kentucky, or the time General Pershing cleared out the "Hoover Town" DC, or the way the "Hoover Town was cleared out Central Park in NY. Or Ford's use of the Pinkertons for breaking strikes in Detroit. The Pinkertons make ICE look like amateur hour. They were involved in several high murder count action agains workers all over the US. Women and children were murdered, too.
But the only way to fight this shit is to fight this shit.
johnnyfins
(3,576 posts)2. Just more violence and death.
