Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) is under fire for his budget proposal that eliminates collective bargaining rights for public sector union workers. (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Megan McCormick / Flickr)
Then They Came for the Trade Unionists
Thursday 10 March 2011
by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. 'First they came for the communists,' he wrote, 'and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.' I am a trade unionist, and yesterday in Wisconsin, they came for me."
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2 comments:
After thinking it over I have come to the conclusion that the entire country has gone insane !
you're absolutely right! ... and we're still AND STILL! talking for/about more WARS!
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