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Apr 7th, 2003, 04:49 PM
Okay rather then by cryptic I'll elaborate on what I'm talking about...
Oakland obviously used to be primarly a poor inner city working class population.... so taking activism back to these shipyards recalls the creation of the Black Panthers, a hundred years of labor riots, and a whole mess of other issues. The Navy used to dominate these shipyards, which was another reason why it was such a target for attention during Vietnam, etc. but it still remains one of our 29 major Pacific ports.
So also consider this...who are they hurting by this action? The working class longshoremen embroiled in bitter contract disputes with the Pacific Maritime Association, that's who. The International Longshore and Wharehouse Union port workers have been trying to save their jobs from Bush's INS reforms becuase of post 9/11 security risks. Bush even invoked the Taft Hartley act to prevent them from striking. Any problems down there and it's likely they'll lose certain jobs to the National Gaurd. Today the men had to walk off the job... they don't like being shot at either.
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