The future is ours to win. But to get there, we can't just stand still. As
Robert Kennedy told us, "The future is not a gift. It is an achievement."
Sustaining the American Dream has never been about standing pat. It has
required each generation to sacrifice, and struggle, and meet the demand
(http://www.npr.org/2011/01/26/133224933/transcript-obamas-state-of-union-ad
dress?ps=cprs)
Transcript: Obama's State Of The Union Address text size A A A January 25,
2011 The text of President Obama's State of the Union address, as released
by the White House:
Comment
What Obama act
Every laboring class in human history has been stamped - imprinted, by the
specific state of development of productive forces, expressed in the
concrete division of labor in society. Hence, an industrial working class.
Class is larger than property - owners and non owners, or the basic group
My time is going to be limited in two or three months and the genuine
Marxist Leninist will not put in their own work and read in collectives.
I will leave the list immediately if one person - not two, shows how
Lenin's definition of class means class is determined by property or property
"Classes are large groups of people differing from each other by the place
they occupy in a historically determined system of social production, by
their relation (in most cases fixed and formulated in law) to the means of
production, by their role in the social organization of labor, and,
c
In a message dated 1/26/2011 2:30:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_stalinkaynak@yahoo.com_ (mailto:stalinkay...@yahoo.com) writes:
On the contrary, Lenin and Stalin in many places explains that a
revolutionary party (party of a new type) can not be built in the revolutionary
periods, it m
Capital Vol. III Part VII Revenues and their Sources
Chapter 52. Classes
The owners merely of labour-power, owners of capital, and land-owners,
whose respective sources of income are wages, profit and ground-rent, in other
words, wage-labourers, capitalists and land-owners, constitute th
In fact according to Lenin: "As a current of political thought and as a
political party, Bolshevism has existed since 1903."
K.A.
Reply
“The outstanding event of this period was the Prague Conference of the
R.S.D.L.P. (January 1912). At this conference the Mensheviks were expelled from
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Transcript: Obama's State Of The Union Address text size A A A January 25,
2011 The text of President Obama's
In a message dated 1/26/2011 7:52:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_stalinkaynak@yahoo.com_ (mailto:stalinkay...@yahoo.com) writes:
In fact according to Lenin: "As a current of political thought and as a
political party, Bolshevism has existed since 1903."
("Left-Wing" Communism, an Infant
Revolution
Revolution is a stage in the development of human society when the tools
humans use change in such a way that the old social arrangements -- the way
necessities are distributed to those who need them -- are no longer
adequate, and need to be changed to fit the new condition.
Non-revolutionary periods are all the quantitative boundaries a system
goes through
before qualitatively new means of production begin to disrupt the unity
of the
mode of production.
Correction
Non-revolutionary periods are all the quantitative boundaries a system
goes through
bef
In a message dated 1/25/2011 7:44:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
waistli...@aol.com writes:
Class is a big word and not simply a power relation.
In say 1951, the Soviet working class was an industrial working class but
not an industrial proletariat. Sure, everyone referred to the Sovi
Class is a big word and not simply a power relation.
In say 1951, the Soviet working class was an industrial working class but
not an industrial proletariat. Sure, everyone referred to the Soviet working
class as the "Soviet proletariat" because of its position as shock
brigade, but there
Founded as a political trend, Bolshevism emerged as a political party a
decade later - 1912. Bolshevization means development as a party whose purpose
is seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat.
A party cannot be Bolshevized in a non-revolutionary situation, or
My bad, but I did send in the correction.
Not revolutionary class but "revolutionary crisis."
Sorry about the error.
Waistline
In a message dated 1/25/2011 10:00:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
geor...@micronetix.net writes:
It is certainly possible to sustain a Bolshevik party in
"Marxism recognises a class struggle . . . . in the most significant
thing in politics - the organisation of state power." Lenin
Comment
"Entering An Epoch of Social Revolution" by Nelson Peery is available on
line in its entirety.
(Quote)
"We can honestly state that from the ve
In a message dated 1/25/2011 6:38:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, _Waist
line2@aol.com_ (mailto:waistli...@aol.com) writes:
There is much more to creating a “party of insurrection” than adopting
formal rules and the Leninists trappings, like saying we are guided by
democratic centralism.
George is most certainly entitled to his opinion. q
Everyone agree the CPUSA was never a party of insurrection or a “party of a
new type,” Bolshevized. Nor were any of the anti-revisionist clusters of
the 70’s and 80’s. The question posed was why?
There is much more to creating a “party o
_http://www.uaw.org/story/promises-broken-detroit-diesel-retirees_
(http://www.uaw.org/story/promises-broken-detroit-diesel-retirees)
Elections make a difference.
That difference affects everything from legislation on whether workers have
the right to choose a union to whether a company has
Nelson Peery Entering an Epoch of Social Revolution
Including additional essays "Dialectics of the Leap and the Destruction of
Capitalism" and... "Polarization in U.S. -- Basis for a Workers Party"
(c) Copyright April, 1993 Workers Press P.O. Box 3705 Chicago, IL 60654
The prestige
In a message dated 1/24/2011 9:18:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_intangibles@aphenomenal.com_ (mailto:intangib...@aphenomenal.com) writes:
If the party had bolshevised itself back in the 1920s in the manner
recommended by the Comintern throughout the 1920s and 1930s, this distinction
wou
“It is that the US was ripe for socialist revolution during the depression
but the CPUSA misled the working-class then and steered them away from
revolution . . .”
Would not such an event, occurring in the most industrial advanced
capitalist country been registered and recorded in historic
Boy, what a great article.
Modern bourgeois communism - (not to be confused with revisionism and
Marxist dogmatism of the 21st century), advocates a new social contract.
The social contract is a legal expression of production relations and their
property form, as this production relation
Note on political Trotskyism as history.
WL
The US was not ripe for socialist revolution in 1928 up to America's entry
into the war.
Past generations of Trotskyism differs from the parties of the Third
International in assessment of the proletarian movement, its stage of
maturation
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Michael Mulgrew"
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Subject:
Mayor to New Yorkers: "Drop Dead!"
Dear colleagues,
City Hall puts children first? It’s a great soundbite, but actions
speak louder than
America has never been an exception to Marx outline of the law of social
revolution. America confirms in rich detail a deeper meaning of Marx general
law of social revolution. What makes Marx outline of social revolution an
outline is "emergence theory."
Marx captures emergence in a few wor
"The capitalist mode of production, for example, rests on the fact that the
material conditions of production are in the hands of nonworkers in the
form of property in capital and land, while the masses are only owners of the
personal condition of production, of labor power. If the elements o
In a message dated 1/21/2011 10:15:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
geor...@micronetix.net writes:
I would again request that if you polemicize against Melvin, you
polemicize against his political and ideological views, not by referring to
him as
"this revisionist piece of shit." This onl
Roe v. Wade 38th Anniversary: A Time for Celebration - and Commitment
by Merle Hoffman
On The Issues Magazine A Magazine of Critical, Independent Thinking
January 19, 2011
_http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/cafe2/article/135_
(http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/cafe2/article/135)
_http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/102-102/4659-the-my
th-of-american-exceptionalism-implod_
(http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/102-102/4659-the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism-implod)
The myth of 'American exceptionalism' implodes
Until the 19
(I understand that a section of society and individual believe it is best
to shoot the messenger or charge those delivering news with anti-working
class crimes. Here is more of my crimes AND REVISIONISM)
WL.
New unionization stats bad news for all workers.
by Michael Wasser on
Rewrite and editing.
None of the substance of the original was changed.
WL
There is a theory question involved in the "question of the trade unions"
and "communist work within the trade unions."
Communist work in trade unions today must be imbued with historism and
disclosure of the
Comment
Trade union work is important. On my list of five important things for
Marxists, trade union work comes in about 3 or 4.
I know something of this arena, reporting from time to time to this list on
the specific nature of MY trade union work; the specific problems in
getting MY un
Weigh in with an opinion.
I understand we write about complex issues, but surely you have an opinion
for your position.
WL.
In a message dated 1/21/2011 10:43:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_sandeep.samwad@gmail.com_ (mailto:sandeep.sam...@gmail.com) writes:
Dear Comrades,
Wh
The current worldwide financial and economic crisis that started in the
U.S. reflects the turmoil global capitalism has been in since 2008.
Previously, the U.S. had been able to export the crises generated by
capitalist
production relations to other countries, while the U.S. remained relativ
Twenty Thousand March in Tel-Aviv Against Mccarthyism, Racism and Fascism
Communist Party of Israel January 15, 2011
_http://www.maki.org.il/he/english-mainmenu-106_
(http://www.maki.org.il/he/english-mainmenu-106)
Twenty thousands of activists, Jews and Arabs, from left-wing movements,
Name calling is not a convincing argument.
All that is required is for one single person to show, based on what Marx
wrote, my revision of Marx presentation on this question of communist
society.
Not two people but . . . .1.
WL.
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Interesting thesis.
The largest block to the development of class consciousness of the American
proletariat in the post WWII period was expansion of the system and what
most American Marxist call the "material bribery of the working class."
The CPUSA was virtually destroyed during the 195
Read and enjoy.
Engels on material form of the working class
WL
"What working classes were there before the industrial revolution? The
working classes have always, according to the different stages of development
of society, lived in different circumstances and had different re
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhCrblDFv4&feature=related_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhCrblDFv4&feature=related)
the fight for communism in American as sound.
1978.
WL
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__cb31450@gmail.com_ (mailto:_cb31...@gmail.com) writes:
YouTube - Chaka Khan's" Night in Tunisia"
(_http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3818706/10453353_
(http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3818706/10453353) )
Reply
Unbelievable.
In a message dated 1/20/2011 12:38:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_georgeg@micronetix.net_ (mailto:geor...@micronetix.net) writes:
Dear Comrade Mark,
I do not know why you think that the other 197+ people on the list accept
revisionism. It may be that we just as well that they think that
"Capital does not consist in the fact that accumulated labor serves living
labor as a means for new production. It consists in the fact that living
labor serves accumulated labor as the means of preserving and multiplying its
exchange value."
Marx
The Communist society thesis.
WL.
C
Milton Rogovin, Working Class Artist and Activist, Presente!
1. Milton Rogovin, Photographer, Dies at 101 New York Times, January 18,
2010
2. The Working-Class Eye of Milton Rogovin New exhibition - Roosevelt
University, Chicago January 20 - June 30, 2011
==
Milton Rogovin, P
What constitutes a class?
"Classes are large groups of people differing from each other by the place
they occupy in a historically determined system of social production, by
their relation (in most cases fixed and formulated in law) to the means of
production, by their role in the social o
80,000 homes in Wayne County, Michigan without Utilities Politicians Fiddle
While Detroit Burns!!
Detroit protest against DTE energy shutoffs.
DTE Energy reports that at the start of this fall, 80,000 residential homes
were without utilities in Wayne County, and that 60,000 of those were
July 2010
Our country is entering a volatile and difficult phase of its social and
political life. People across the vast spectrum that makes up this country
are being forced into economic distress they had not envisioned for
themselves and their families. Political debate and discussion
From: john hoyt <_tentativa21@hotmail.com_ (mailto:tentativ...@hotmail.com)
>
To: ballistanc <_ballistanc@yahoo.com_ (mailto:ballist...@yahoo.com) >;
"_romanabetancouour@yahoo.com_ (mailto:romanabetancou...@yahoo.com) "
<_romanabetancouour@yahoo.com_ (mailto:romanabetancou...@yahoo.com) > C
Numbers On Welfare See Sharp Increase .
By SARA MURRAY
Welfare rolls, which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states
early in the recession, now are climbing across the country for the first time
since President Bill Clinton signed legislation pledging "to end welfare
as we
In a message dated 1/15/2011 8:36:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_Waistline2@aol.com_ (mailto:waistli...@aol.com) writes:
(This reply was written in response to a thread on Pen-L, but related to
an earlier discussion of Lenin's view and characterization of imperialism
and proletarian re
NY Times January 18, 2011
Tunisia Unrest Stirs Passions Across North African Region
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
TUNIS — Passions unleashed by the revolution here continued to resonate
across the region on Tuesday as a man in Cairo set himself ablaze, the latest
apparent imitation of the self-i
III.
COMMUNIST WORK in trade unions is mandatory, demanding recruiting union
members and winning them to the cause of communism. The political-ideological
tendency of retrogression and "reactionary" in the union movement is based
in economic laws and the dialectic of development.
Capita
Comment
The state is at all times an organization of violence with armed bodies of
people enforcing a property relation, the prevailing moral and ethical
views of the ruling class. The state power long ago became a professional
organization. Marx and Engels conclusions lead to one politica
King's BEYOND VIETNAM speech given at Riverside Church in New York City on
April 4, 1967, provides a side of King's political evolution which is
usually omitted in the dominant commercial media's presentation of King.
They hated and reviled Dr. King when he said:
"My third reason moves t
_http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010.11/PT.2010.11.06.shtml_
(http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010.11/PT.2010.11.06.shtml)
Tax Foreclosures Sweep Wayne County, Michigan
Maureen Taylor, State Chair, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
(center).
PHOTO /daymonjhartley .com
The Peo
_http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfarequeen.htm_
(http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfarequeen.htm)
Myth: There are Welfare Queens driving Welfare Cadillacs.
Fact: Reagan made up this story.
Summary
Reagan's story of a Welfare Queen driving a Welfare Cadillac was
apocryphal. Even
Blaming poverty on those in poverty rather than the logic of the economic
system is capitalist ideology. Winning a layer of society to this ideology
requires unrelenting propaganda by the bourgeoisie. It also requires an
expanding economy and economic stability to sustain the lie. As the cris
Auto Workers' Fight Signals Battles Ahead
July.2009.Vol19.Ed4
The papers and news shows are filled with talk about the General Motor's
bankruptcy and how terrible it is going to be for the corporations, the
bondholders, the rich and powerful.
Almost nothing is being said about the worke
Politicization: “The process through which certain issues become objects of
public contention and debate and are thereby legitimized as concerns of
the state or political realm.”
(Oxford University Press, Dictionary of Social Sciences.)
The fight over health care reform is not over. With t
please forward widely
Judge Charles Lasata plays doctor
Beverly Lewis from Benton Harbor, Michigan has only a third grade education
due to severe epilepsy and a school system lacking resources. She suffers
several seizures per day and is heavily medicated. Needless to say, Ms.
Lewis,
Poor Reason Culture still doesn't explain poverty
Stephen Steinberg
"'Culture of Poverty' Makes a Comeback." So read the headline of Patricia
Cohen's front-page article in the October 17, 2010 edition of The New York
Times.
The article was prompted by a recent issue of the Annals of th
There is a general rule about the way society treats criminals: place
responsibility for antisocial acts on the individual, thus absolving society
from blame.
The mismatch between society's attitude toward heroes and criminals rests
in society's claim of credit on heroes and rejection of r
Class Struggle (as class contradiction):
Contradiction is the conflict within a thing constituting a unity, rather
than "struggle between" thing. Class contradiction is conflict, the unity
and struggle of classes whose unity constitutes the system of production and
its property relations.
_http://detnews.com/article/20110113/AUTO01/101130397/1148/UAW%E2%80%99s-Kin
g-ups-pressure-on-foreign-auto-plants-in-U.S_
(http://detnews.com/article/20110113/AUTO01/101130397/1148/UAW’
s-King-ups-pressure-on-foreign-auto-plants-in-U.S) .
UAW's King ups pressure on foreign auto plants in U
Capitalism
Capitalism is not simply trading goods and services (which was widespread
prior to the origin of capitalism), but rather an economic and social system
where trade is embedded within class domination and exploitation. Workers
sell their ability to work, and this ability then bec
(This reply was written in response to a thread on Pen-L, but related to
an earlier discussion of Lenin's view and characterization of imperialism
and proletarian revolution.)
WL.
***
Historically, only capitalist countries which have intervened militarily to
establish settler col
1. Arizona Shooting Means We Have Reached the Limits of the "Normal"
(Roberto Lovato)
2. The Tucson Massacre and Our Future - An Analysis
(Lawrence Davidson
==
Arizona Shooting Means We Have Reached the Limits of the "Normal"
by Roberto Lovato Submitted to Portside by the aut
New York Times: BUSINESS DAY | January 13, 2011 Auto Work Force Gets
Dividend From Industry's Rebound By BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY
DETROIT - The sweeping overhaul and surprising recovery of the American
auto industry is about to pay off handsomely for the blue-collar workers at
Ford
(Another Marxist approach the same article on Pen-L.)
WL.
On 2011-01-13, at 10:56 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
Julio Huato: Opinions on this piece?
_http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2011/01/17/110117ta_talk_surowiecki
_
(http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2011/01/17/110117ta_tal
_http://abj.matrix.msu.edu/videofull.php?id=29-DF-122_
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Young and Revolutionary: You Are The Future
Daily headlines and news feeds continue to pour out new details on the
economic crisis, but they rarely discuss the roots of the crisis – the economic
revolution brought about through labor- replacing technology. This
economic revolution has led to
In a message dated 1/12/2011 10:55:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_juliohuato@gmail.com_ (mailto:juliohu...@gmail.com) writes:
Thank you. This is very informative.
I wish you could elaborate a bit on the points quoted below. When you
have a chance.
"Something similar but at a much
The Financial Page State Of The Unions by James Surowiecki January 17, 2011
.
In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did
something they’d never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the
passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier
The Financial Page
State Of The Unions
by James Surowiecki January 17, 2011 .
In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did
something they’d never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the
passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier,
Harpers Ferry: Courage and clarity changed history once – and will do so
again
October 16, 2009 will mark exactly 150 years since 21 brave revolutionaries
launched an attempt to seize the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, and
spark a slave uprising in the United States.
After 36 hours of
The Violence of Capitalism
Why is violence increasing today across America and the world? The
explosion of violence is a complex phenomenon, with many interacting forces at
play. The capitalist ruling class blames individuals, but, in truth, violence
in our communities reflects the social
It would perhaps be educational to look up "the role of force in history"
versus the politically incorrect concept - from the standpoint of Marxism,
"the role of violence." Force is simultaneously a political power and
economic power.
Violence is not. That is to say violence is not an econo
(Note: it would be interesting to chart the actual number of individuals
involved in auto production – per vehicle, from say 1984 when the industry
recovered from the “downturn” bookmarked as Chrysler declaring bankruptcy in
the third quarter of 1979, to today, January 2011).
WL.
Chin
The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson shooting
rampage that left six people dead and scores wounded should be a wake up
call about the political volatility of the country.
OK?
Invective: abusive or violent language used to attack, blame, or denounce
somebody.
The Bad News Behind a Falling Jobless Rate
Rick Newman, On Friday January 7, 2011, 12:15 pm EST
It sounds like welcome news. The unemployment rate dropped from 9.8 percent
to 9.4 percent, the sharpest one-month drop since 1998. After months of
grim news about jobs, it finally seems like t
Inmates beaten with hammers
Reports are coming out of Georgia that prison guards have retaliated with
violence in response to the Georgia Prison strike that took place last
month. According to Georgia State NAACP President Edward Dubose, inmates have
been beaten with hammers and other fore
Assassins his farewell: Introduction: Jared Loughner
YouTube message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHoaZaLbqB4
Congresswoman Giffords was one of 20 candidates identified by Sarah Palin
during the last election singled out to be defeated. Jared Lougher's
"message" is utterly devoid of cl
Revolutionaries Must Teach Class Politics
The reality of polarization and efforts of the rich, the capitalist class,
to hold onto their grip in a collapsing economy are the current face of
struggle in our country. But American political history and its repudiation of
politics means most Am
Doctors Optimistic Giffords Will Survive Shooting January 09, 2011, 8:53 AM
EST
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) --
Doctors are optimistic U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona
will survive being shot in the head by a man who opened fire at her community
meeting in Tucson, killing six peopl
"Before we can unite, and in order that we may unite, we must first of all
draw firm and definite lines of demarcation. Otherwise our unity will be
purely fictitious... We do not intend to make our publication a mere
store-house of various views. On the contrary, we shall conduct it in the
s
(attached to the question of billions sent to Iraq is the issue of the
money supply and why an increase in the money supply does not create inflation
under a regime of fiat money. Related to the system of fiat money is the
question of government deficit spending or "how do we pay for things l
(Van Pao was a collaborator with the US against Vietnamese liberation, a
Posada Carriles type. Background: _http://tinyurl.com/lq6ack_
(http://tinyurl.com/lq6ack) )
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latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0107-vang-pao-20110107,0,590760.story
la
The Anti-Immigration Movement: Cutting Edge of a Fascist Social Movement
Fascism today is a political response to globalization - capitalism in the
age of electronics - and the U.S. battle to dominate the global economy. It
is the political expression of the objective concentration of wealt
In a message dated 1/2/2011 12:12:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_intangib...@aphenomenal.com_ (mailto:intangib...@aphenomenal.com) writes:
Like the Devil avoiding holy water, WL is silent about the quote from
Lenin's 1908 pamphlet on Marxism and Revisionism. So it is reiterated here, in
My copy of "On Colonialism" by Marx and Engels is the 1972 edition
published by International Publishers.
It is worth owning to understand Marx theory of imperialism as he wrote
about imperialism in real time.
WL
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In a message dated 1/2/2011 12:12:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_intangib...@aphenomenal.com_ (mailto:intangib...@aphenomenal.com) writes:
Without the party of the new type developed under Lenin, the class could
not and would not have acquired the discipline and broad-mindedness necessary
In a message dated 1/2/2011 12:12:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_intangib...@aphenomenal.com_ (mailto:intangib...@aphenomenal.com) writes:
Continuing on WL - HOWLER #2
Reply
part C
III.
The era Lenin describes is part of the epoch of the industrial revolution;
the continuation
In a message dated 1/2/2011 12:12:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_intangib...@aphenomenal.com_ (mailto:intangib...@aphenomenal.com) writes:
Continuing on WL - HOWLER #2
What WL's line of argument implicitly suggests is that some economic
changes in the organisation of production can be p
2010 Elections: The People Demand Jobs
Protest of autoworkers, Michigan.
PHOTO/DAYMON J. HARTLEY
The 2010 general elections are over. As in 2008, the American voters once
again voiced the economy as their number one issue of concern. They are
afraid and want economic growth, with job-
The Prison Industrial Complex: Does It Create A New Form Of Slavery? How
Much Labor Is Done In The Prison System?
What kind of jobs do prisoners get? As stated by many opponents, the
Federal Prison Complex produces one hundred percent of all military helmets,
ammunition belts, bullet proo
Actually a retired auto worker am I. After 30 years and retiring from auto,
did a stint as a blackjack dealer at MGM casino, then work as a
maintenance technician at an apartment complex.
Dave Moore was a legendary figure in the proletarian movement, passing in
October 2009 at age 97.
The Dave Moore Interview II.
PA: When was the first time you started working on organizing the auto
unions?
DM: I got hired at Ford in 1935 making 60 cents an hour in the foundry.
That’s where they put all the Blacks. We had a few Italians. We had a few
Polish and what not. They had 12,
At that time, the old City Hall in Detroit was located on Michigan and
Woodward Avenues. We had a mayor then by the name of Frank Murphy. He was kind
of a liberal guy. Mayor Murphy came out and waved at us and said, "I’m with
you all the way," and raised his hand like that. That sent up a big
II.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his first of four presidential elections in
1932, with America "not just knee deep" in economic depression, wages of
starvation and an endless series of bad hair days. When Roosevelt took office
March 4, 1933, the Nazi Party had been in power 32 days. In t
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