Tag: strike
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“World update: Strikes force Lady Gaga to postpone shows” (Wow, France… pt. 2: parroting)
originally published on November 1, 2010 In my post last week (Wow, France… Why can’t we do that here?!??), I asked, as the title suggests, what prevents the kind of broad, committed, collective action that we’re seeing in France from happening here in the United States. This is especially perplexing, given that their strike is…
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Wow, France… Why can’t we do that here?!?? (pt. 1: inoculation)
originally published on October 21, 2010 Do you ever look at newspaper articles about worker and student strikes in countries like France or Greece or Argentina-you know, the kind of activity that shuts down the whole country-and think to yourself, “Holy shit, that’s what I’m talkin’ about! Those people know how to protest!?” Well, I…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 