The Money Party

We Are Nothing To Them

Posts Tagged unions

Fake Pharaoh’s Feet of Clay – Morsy Reign Imperiled

Nov 24

Posted by Michael Collins in Big Money, Egypt | Comments off

Michael Collins
Photobucket
(Washington, DC 11/24) It takes a real pharaoh to build a pyramid, especially one that lasts five thousand years. It took President Mohamed Morsy of Egypt one speech for the Egyptian public to see him for what he aspires to be – a new pharaoh, with powers beyond those of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.  On Thursday, November 24, Morsy stood in front of a government building and announced a de facto dictatorship. (Image: llee wu)

The two key provisions of his decree concern a new constitution for Egypt and his absolute powers.  There can be no challenge whatsoever to “all constitutional declarations, laws and decrees” made by Morsy until the new constitution is ratified and a new parliament has been elected.  Then, he gave himself this blanket guarantee of absolute power until the next election: “The president is authorized to take any measures he sees fit in order to preserve and safeguard the revolution, national unity or national security.” Egypt Independent, November 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Post to Twitter Tweet This Post

Share

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Strong Unions – The Worst Nightmare for the Financial Elite

May 16

Posted by Michael Collins in Big Money | 2 Comments

Michael Collins

Man wouldn’t pay you unless he had to. Chris Rock

The antiunion movement in the United States keeps us underpaid and represents a serious impediment to economic growth.  Despite that, the antiunion sentiment remains strong among the political establishment and their patrons.  Why?

Worker rights and a decent wage represent a toxic brew to the ruling elite.  In the past, they expressed their antiunion position in a crude fashion.  From the 1870s through the 1920s, industrialists fought union growth with hired thugs and complicit law enforcement officials.  Organizers and union members were harassed, maimed, and killed throughout the country for simply acting on the right to organize and participate in a union.
Read the rest of this entry »

Post to Twitter Tweet This Post

Share

Tags: , , , , , , ,

The Democrats “False Flag” Candidate

Apr 4

Posted by Michael Collins in Big Money | Comments off

By Numerian

This is a political crime of deception, an enormous bait and switch, in which liberals and quite a few independents were misled by a serial liar who purposely characterized himself as a reformer… Numerian

Did you receive your email from Barack Obama yet? If you are a Democrat, or on his campaign mailing list, the president has promised you are going to be the first to know when he formally launches his reelection campaign. It could be any moment now; apparently the White House is waiting for a slow news day when Libya and Fukushima and Congressional budget negotiations aren’t dominating the media agenda. Once the news is out, you are expected as a loyal Obama supporter to start sending in campaign donations and begin attending campaign organization meetings.

The problem is, if you are a liberal, the chances are pretty high that you haven’t forgotten that the White House thinks of you as “fucking retarded”. That’s at least how Rahm Emanuel described liberals when he used to work in the White House; he was a bit less patronizing during the recent Chicago mayoral election when he needed their votes. Still, everybody knows he holds the left wing of the Democratic Party in contempt, and he will probably never forgive them for not aggressively supporting all those beloved Blue Dog Democrats who got wiped out in last November’s mid-term election. Rahm Emanuel maintains the quintessential Democratic Party insider attitude regarding liberals – they are doormats to be walked upon day in and day out, except around election day, when they are expected to rise up, stand upon some real doormats, and convince people to get out and vote for whomever the party has put up for election.
Read the rest of this entry »

Post to Twitter Tweet This Post

Share

Tags: , , ,

Iran Green Demonstrations – “Hundreds of thousands”

Feb 17

Posted by Michael Collins in Big Money | Comments off

Michael Collins

The massive 2009 demonstrations in Tehran started as election fraud protests following the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They grew into anti regime protests aimed at the Conservative leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei. The demonstrations went on for days until they were brutally crushed by the police and thousands of the despised Basij auxiliary police forces. Image: Tehran, February 14, 2011

The Financial Times reported much larger numbers than were reported just 24 hours ago for the February 14 demonstrations in Tehran.

“Hundreds of thousands of reform-minded protesters heeded the call and staged the biggest rally in more than a year. At least 150 people were arrested and two were killed, according to official figures.” Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Financial Times, February 16, Tehran

The regime responded with gunfire in some cases and threats to those who opposed the regime – death. Read the rest of this entry »

Post to Twitter Tweet This Post

Share

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Forces Behind the Egyptian Revolution

Feb 11

Posted by Michael Collins in Big Money | Comments off

By Michael Collins

(Washington, DC) Two critical forces behind the Egyptian Revolution are missing from the front pages, or any pages, of the corporate media. They are the critical role of Egypt’s union movement and the universal desire of all people to live in peace, freedom and dignity. Rarely mentioned are the grievances of Egypt’s workers and their struggle to unionize. As a result, we’ve missed the connection between the struggle to unionize and the right to assemble.

The Egyptian people were poised for a mass celebration following what was supposed to be a farewell speech by former President Hosni Mubarak. For seventeen days, Egyptians massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. There were protests in Alexandria, Port Suez, and other cities. The G-20 sates have been tentative in their support for the full set of demands by protesters and the broader Egyptian public. For example, President Barack Obama said Mubarak needed a, “credible, concrete and unequivocal path to democracy.” What does a “path to democracy” look like? How long does it take to walk the path? Egypt’s military leaders may have acted already.

Mubarak’s contact with reality was extremely weak. He didn’t get the message from the Egypt’s Supreme Council of military leaders. Aljazeera reported that the council promised, “measures and arrangements … to safeguard the nation, its achievements and the ambitions of its great people.” The news service concluded that a military coup had likely taken place already based on the announcement that the council will be in session indefinitely.

What role did the union movement play and how was that connected to the right to assemble and other fundamental human rights?

Read the rest of this entry »

Post to Twitter Tweet This Post

Share

Tags: , , , , ,