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The workers
“Saluez, riches heureux, /“Salute, you happy rich, Ces pauvres en haillons / These poor in rags Saluez, ce sont eux, / Salute them, they’re the ones Qui gagnent vos millions” / Who earn your millions” Song by the Penn Sardin of Douarnenez, 1905. Wealth in Europe and America has been and continues to be built…
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The richest 1% are at war with the rest of the world
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” Warren Buffett – Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the “Terrorism is the war of the poor. War is the terrorism of the rich.” Ustinov Peter: https://www.grainesdepaix.org/fr/ressources/sinspirer/aphorismes/le-terrorisme-est-la-guerre-des-pauvres-la-guerre-est-le-terrorisme-des-riches What does this war involve? In France, as elsewhere, the role of national education…
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Les travailleurs
“Saluez, riches heureux, Ces pauvres en haillons Saluez, ce sont eux, Qui gagnent vos millions.” Chanson des Penn Sardin de Douarnenez, 1905. La richesse européenne et américaine s’est faite et se fait grâce au travail des ouvriers, en Europe ou ailleurs dans le monde. Pour gagner la guerre 1914 -1918 puis pour reconstruire, les états…
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Ce pour quoi on travaille, ça compte!
Environnement paisible pour des personnes privilégiées ou pour des personnes efficaces qui parviennent à vivre ensemble en paix et deviennent privilégiées? “Le travail doit être placé au-dessus de toutes les luttes de concurrence. Il n’est pas une marchandise”. Albert Thomas “Ma vie est mon message”. Gandhi Le revenu de base devrait être assuré afin que…
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The Modern “chiffon rouge”
When people organize to improve their conditions, there are results. When people organize to improve their conditions, there are results. They don’t need representatives to speak for them, instead of them. When staff unions live off the backs of union members, they no longer defend them, they scare them into staying in the union. If…
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Les 1% les plus riches sont en guerre contre le reste du monde
“Il y a bien une guerre des classes, mais c’est ma classe, la classe des riches, qui fait la guerre, et nous la gagnons”. Warren Buffett – Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the “Le terrorisme est la guerre des pauvres. La guerre est le terrorisme des riches.” Ustinov Peter: https://www.grainesdepaix.org/fr/ressources/sinspirer/aphorismes/le-terrorisme-est-la-guerre-des-pauvres-la-guerre-est-le-terrorisme-des-riches Comment cette guerre se manifeste-elle? En France, comme…
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The Rust Belt
The Rust Belt made the eastern USA rich and prosperous. From 1850 to 1980, the largest American companies were located near the Great Lakes: US Steel, Ford, General Motors, etc. Millions of Americans worked in these factories, at first in difficult conditions, then these conditions improved thanks to the organization of workers into unions. These…
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Who backs the US military?
Donald Trump has no respect for the U.S. military. He has publicly disavowed the C.I.A., admitting that he believes Putin more than the C.I.A. He puts Putin’s interests and his own personal interests before those of the United States. Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence – CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html He called those who died in combat…
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La Rust belt
La Rust Belt a rendu riche et prospère le grand est des Etats-Unis. De 1850 à 1980, les plus grandes entreprises américaines étaient près des grands lacs: US Steel, Ford, General Motors, etc. Des millions d’américains travaillaient dans ces usines d’abord dans des conditions difficiles puis ces conditions ce sont améliorées grâce à l’organisation des…
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Arizona, Nevada and California Dream
Californians are leaving California because housing is terribly expensive, and beggary and poverty are everywhere on the streets. Inequality is toxic: the state has the most billionaires and the most homeless people in the US. Tens of thousands of residents of Nevada and Arizona are seeing their housing prices soar as a result of the…