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Obama could unite nation by investing in labor movement – American scholar
Published: 28 October, 2010, 10:41
Edited: 31 October, 2010, 10:14
Trade union protests in the US do not even come close to those in Europe, because America does not have a welfare state, believes professor and historian Norman Markowitz.
I meant to say that the real unemployment hovers around 20% not 2%.
What does "Labor movements in the USA" mean???? Historically, "Movements towards Labor" OR "Labor towards Movements" are words that incite fears of a "COMMUNIST TERROR PLOT" attacking the survival of all god-fearing-patriots in the USA. In the USA "EMPLOYMENT" for most "EMPLOYEES" is a written/unwritten contract with God/Jesus, patriarchy, national chauvinism, ethnocentrism/ethnophobia, flunkeyism, neo-fascism, prejudice, obedience to global corporate consumerism, financial/economic insecurity and ecological terrorism. Concepts such as "The Constitution", "Sustainable Development", "Critical Thinking", "Humanism", "Class solidarity", "Justice", "Liberty" and "Peace" are just Words/Dreams/"Pie in the sky" that are Alien to the everyday experiences of most citizens/"sleeping beauties" of the Great USA!!!!!
This Markowitz is full of it, he claims that the US has more poor people than any other country really? with 300 million people living in the US and 1 Billion in China and India I say he has discredited himself. He also says that there is no left wing media only Right wing this is a fat lie! the fact that they are not openly calling themselves communists doesn't make them Right wing fascists like there is really a difference between the two . He is correct that there is a huge gap between incomes in the US, corrupt politicians, special interests groups, the removal of the Glass Steagal act and the Democratic party making it easier for people who can't afford to buy homes causing a housing bubble. But lets not over look that the economic collapse of the US was done on purpose. We are being de industrialized for the advancement of a one world government something Markowitz supports.
"“The US is the richest country in human history in terms of its general wealth and it has more poor people than any other rich country in human history,” he said." Take note he said any rich country, not any country in general. Sure, India and China are large economic powers, and China has the largest currency reserves in the world, but I doubt he meant them when he said "rich" countries. I think you should read the article better before claiming Markowitz is wrong. The fact is that what the US considers left wing, most consider right-of-centre, or centre even. There is no actual mainstream left wing media in the US. That Fox News claims CBS or ABC to be left-wing is not very indicative of reality, and more along the lines of propaganda. Fox News likens itself to be centric, which outta give you an idea of just how much out of phase the American political spectrum is from reality. All media in America is controlled by 5 corporations. And propaganda runs rampant, masquerading as news, where government officials and powerful individuals are regarded as the primary legitimate sources for news. It has gotten to the point that CNN has a two-tier news system, where what is reported in the US is vastly different from that in the rest of the world, as if it reported what it does in the US everywhere, it would be ridiculed as the blatant propaganda that it is. It wasn't the Democrats that caused real American wages to stop increasing since the 80s, forcing the middle class to take up greater debts in order to be able to own their own homes and vehicles etc. The US doesn't have to be deindustrialised in favour of a one world government; that just gets American corporations higher profit margins by moving industry to low wage nations, which the US government openly supports ensuring around the world.
How can Obama invest in labor movements when there are no jobs? The unemployment hovers over 2%, but the media and the "gubberment" still claims 9.5-10.2%. First Mr. Obama and Ms. Congress, the American people need jobs. Second, all those jobs that were outsourced by American companies must come back home for Lady Liberty to have any chance at recovery. As an American, I support the French protests.