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18. K&R

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 04:50 PM

Aug 2013

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The History of the LABOR Movement is being erased from our nation's History Books. [View all] bvar22 Aug 2013 OP

human beings have a natural sense of when they are being treated badly. They can try and erase the liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #1

It's coming theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #7

What saddens me... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #58

Thom Hartmann has been saying this for years.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #2

The Battle of Blair Mountain theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #5

I am furious that I only heard of Blair Mountain . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #19

Part of the reason for that... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #24

..... TransitJohn Aug 2013 #50

A great program at Berkeley. Wish more people were going into the labor field. nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #69

I took my then 8 year old niece............. mrmpa Aug 2013 #60

Good on ya! theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #77

Molly Maguires IWW, UMW, Knights of Labor? Anyone, anyone. BlueManFan Aug 2013 #39

along with the era when government used to bust monopolies instead of enable them... Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #82

Yep. We need a modern-day TR. Brigid Aug 2013 #88

We definitely need to return to the monopoly busting practice. eom Blanks Aug 2013 #107

There are many sordid chapters in the history of the USA robbob Aug 2013 #106

Labor itself does not know it's own history nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #3

Our firm represents dozens of Unions nationally, yet I find many of the rank and file vote Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #84

Thanks for this post. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #4

I hear that Newest Reality Aug 2013 #6

Well, maybe that's a good thing. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #8

Ha ha SalviaBlue Aug 2013 #44

People lost their lives... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #59

Maybe This Time We Won't Settle for "Better Treatment" and Continue to Cede Ownership ... HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #64

+1000 Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #72

Thanks - just read your DU Profile HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #109

Thanks! Commenting to check later. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #110

We need to go after the "History Liars" with everything we have. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #9

I agree. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #63

Host a Labor Day movie fest theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #10

You forgot Matewan... navarth Aug 2013 #22

Didn't forget theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #28

Ah! I grok. navarth Aug 2013 #32

+1 for the Heinlein reference. n/t xocet Aug 2013 #91

Post it anyway. It's important enough. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #49

I thought families could do it in their own homes theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #52

A LOT of people won't have access to them, people who need to be aware of them. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #53

Hmmm.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #78

When the free speech fights were going on, and in other places, the Wobblies used jtuck004 Aug 2013 #96

Just watched Matewan Maynar Aug 2013 #65

The Inheritance (1964). The grand master documentary. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #36

Umm, what do you expect when Textbooks are now mostly being made by Big Corporations? AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #11

I wonder how many parents... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #13

You might find this family interesting. They took over Texas and Texas all but Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #15

Sorry I didn't mean to step on your post. Texas is ground zero for the problem!!!!! BlueManFan Aug 2013 #40

You stepped on nothing. You might have replied to the wrong reply? Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #48

You had already pointed out that Texas has national implications for textbooks BlueManFan Aug 2013 #55

Wow, how very super kind of you. Well, it's still no problem and any opportubity to both Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #62

That is why . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #12

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #14

There was never much there to begin with. When the labor movement was linked with communism, and LuckyLib Aug 2013 #16

even if they erase it warrprayer Aug 2013 #17

There will be another Blair Mountain. Brigid Aug 2013 #21

K&R Starry Messenger Aug 2013 #18

My uncle was a union organizer. Lugnut Aug 2013 #20

Good education sulphurdunn Aug 2013 #23

Yes this is so true Generic Other Aug 2013 #61

They don't send us to school to learn how to think Hydra Aug 2013 #25

What do you expect? .. with all the textbooks being published in Texas, of all places? eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #26

I remember learning about the new deal and labor movement in civics class sometime in the late 90's PrestonLocke Aug 2013 #27

K&R G_j Aug 2013 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #30

One film: The Inheritance. Google it. Watch it. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #31

Are you talking about the 42-min. documentary from 1964? nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #41

That's the one. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #57

It's not just labor that's been erased starroute Aug 2013 #33

There are a lot of free socialist, anarchist, and ... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #73

How many of them are historical? starroute Aug 2013 #79

I put up info on the IWW. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #83

Also, if you are referring to Audio Books Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #86

So true. wtmusic Aug 2013 #34

According to Eric Cantor's Labor Day tweet: Jacoby365 Aug 2013 #46

Never let your schooling get in the way of your education. . . Journeyman Aug 2013 #35

In a culture where schooling has largely replaced education...mostly to keep us docile jtuck004 Aug 2013 #47

I Like to think of this as the Texas effect. Since Texas is such a huge textbook market BlueManFan Aug 2013 #37

K&R! Omaha Steve Aug 2013 #38

The winners write the history. Crow73 Aug 2013 #42

As a parent, you have to take care of things things yourself PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #43

I swear all they teach is from the Pilgrims to the Civil War. Every damn year. femmocrat Aug 2013 #45

"They WILL have to fight these same battles all over again." Don't think so. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #51

While I agree with much of what you say, bvar22 Aug 2013 #98

I'll work toward it, and be pleasantly surprised if it happens. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #101

If I may humbly chime in DonCoquixote Aug 2013 #105

I did not know the history until early 2011 CatholicEdHead Aug 2013 #54

Better buy it before the Boys do formercia Aug 2013 #93

Many benefits which are being enjoyed by workers is the result of unions fighting to make work place Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #56

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #66

Someday, maybe in about 30 to 50 years... nikto Aug 2013 #67

Psst... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #68

High School came along to sop up a lot of the children and teens out of WCGreen Aug 2013 #70

Neoliberalism/@ home in the DLC. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #71

K&R B Calm Aug 2013 #74

Nothing new- I grew up in Gastonia, in the shadow of the Loray Mill Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #75

Whoa. Never heard of this one. Brigid Aug 2013 #87

Yeah Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #102

Whaddaya expect from the publishers who zbdent Aug 2013 #76

Wayne State University Octafish Aug 2013 #80

Texas controls what is in our public-school textbooks. All about its purchasing power. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #81

I made sure to cover it when I subbed in history for a couple of days. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #85

Hope you didn't put it in a quiz... malthaussen Aug 2013 #89

No, but the history teacher teased me about it later. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #108

USA has been "purifying" it's history for over a century. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #90

We're Number One. Jakes Progress Aug 2013 #92

I think SOME of the move toward homeschooling was really about this duhneece Aug 2013 #94

k and r--that is appalling--but not surprising. niyad Aug 2013 #95

Lost History of the Labor Movement Stainless Aug 2013 #97

Not only do they not have a clue about the History and the Heroes, bvar22 Aug 2013 #103

Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed and appreciated this thread. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #99

Great tributes to labor: ProSense Aug 2013 #100

Things have changed for the worst in the past 20 years. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #104

kick woo me with science Aug 2013 #111

kick woo me with science Aug 2013 #112