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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:59 AM Original message |
We haven't seen anything like OWS since the 1930's |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting, I'd like to learn more about that |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. D'oh! |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Looks like someone could write a book on this |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. "the timing is spooky, too" Read the book "The Fourth Turning". |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Protests in that era were also world wide, didja know? |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. But but but |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. The New Deal hating DLC'ers here are getting their panties in wad.... |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Ooooo, if theyre not careful |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Made that exact point the other day |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I must commend you |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Nice |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. Actually, we had this in the 60s too. |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Cool, thanks. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No problem, we did not invent it in the 60s either, it's very American. |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Excuses, excuses |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Exactly my thought... Did you skip the '60s? |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Born in 1968 |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I think they were pretty focused and issue oriented... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Yes, but they had come out of earlier movements and had spawned later movments |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. +1. nt |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Awesome, thanks for all the info. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. You are same age as my older son, poor guy. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Civil Rights was a huge issue encompassing all the others |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. And the Communists and socialists were especially |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Most Americans do not know this |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. True. And that's a damn shame |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I agree. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. As I've pointed out, even in as conservative a place as Knoxville, TN there is a decent leftist |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. IWW has always been anarcho-syndicalist |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Wasn't Debbs one of their founders? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Big Bill Haywood was the one I always think about |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Big Bill was one of the miners who resorted to violence and fled to the USSR |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. YEah I'm sure Big Bill resorted to violence |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Hey wolf, according to the wiki link below |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Best teacher I ever had gave us the history... |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. And are currently prominent in the leadership |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I agree with all of this......... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Absolutely. Now all we need is a new FDR who has enough brains |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Left-Boulangism... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Is that really how you define the New Deal? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. That's what it was. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. According to the book "The Forth Turning" us Millennials are similar to... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Geez, I hope so Odin........ |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. I have to ask who defines generations? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. seriously, I think its all kinda bs. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. it depends. The souces I'm using for generations are sociological, not marketing BS. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Millenials are people born between 1982 and 2005. |
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monicamonix32 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Amen. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Recommended earlier, kicking now! |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. But were those protests partisan? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. It also lead to the neutering of labor (see Norris-LaGuardia Act, NLRA, and Taft-Hartly). |
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sweetapogee (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
51. a little perspective |
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