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and if that interferes with the prerogatives of her though and if that interferes with the prerogatives of her for those who manage and so i had it. i should say those who managed so i had it. i should say said did and it became an end in any union in. scotland assume it had nominated night in its night 8 states and to money might lead to leeches is so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association
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or free associate issue which would mean the right if which would be union there and right us musicians us has never ratified. but i think the us may be a lone woman militaristic the us may be alone among major societies and present a special net increase but. it's considered so since 400 certain tofor of leader of the space spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. victory move american politics it literally has never been considered. a rumor the us has a lawn very violently. number the us has a lawn very violent labor history his. side of. history his. side. of the. had been
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by the mid series began to reconstruct. by the mid series began to reconstruct. a dozen or israel he himself. doesn't or israel he himself was rather sympathetic to progressive legislation that would be in the benefit of the general was rather sympathetic to progressive legislation that would be in the benefit of the general population but he had to somehow get it passed so even for left elation nobody had to somehow get it passed so even for. labor leaders and others forced me to do it. labor leaders and others force me to do it. what he meant is you go out and demonstrate we're going to hurt 10 minutes is to go out and demonstrate we're going to protest. to build up the labor movement. when the popular pressures fission best
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develop the labor movement. when the popular pressures fission i'll be able to put through the legislation i am not for a we're. going to be able to put through the legislation i am not for a we're. build that definition of a day and on which. definition of a day and hour which many say 3 people were being gradually regimented and say 3 people were being gradually a regiment in. this thread will say. that i never thought of that but there brought out information. so there was so there was a kind of coming to a combination of
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a sympathetic government and by the mid thirty's their nation of a sympathetic government and by the mid thirty's very substantial spoke to his roots it. is possible they were in the history of black should they were industrial action they were to sit down straight to the tree or verse brief the straight and sit down to try to sweep the truth pretty frightening to. ownership. have to recognize a sit down strike is just ownership. have to recognize a sit down strike is just one step before saying we don't need bush's we can run this by yourselves one step before saying we don't need bush says we can run this by yourselves.
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and business was told you read the business press. and business was told you read the business press in the late thirty's they were talking about to the hazard faces say in the late thirty's they were talking about to the hazard facing industrialists in the rising political power of the masses knowing industrialists in the rising political power of the masses which has to be repressed things were on hold during the 2nd world war but immediately attests to be repressed things were on hold during the 2nd world war but immediately after the 2nd world war the business offensive began in force and test after the 2nd world war the business offensive began in force and test partly act. partly act. to restart any
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quality in labor management relation to restart any quality in labor management relations. in the currency is and was used for a massive corporate propaganda offensives to the mccarthyism was used for a massive corporate propaganda offensives to attack union. increased sharply during the reagan years going rate the union. increased sharply during the reagan years going to reagan pretty much told the business world if you want to illegally break urbanize you can pretty much told the business world if you want to illegally break urbanizing efforts and strikes go ahead they are in violation of the law and efforts and strikes go ahead they are in violation of the law and if they do not report for work within 48 hours they have forfeited their job and if they do not report for work within 48 hours they have forfeited their jobs and will be.
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terminated continue to 19 of course and will be terminated continue to 90 days and of course with george w. bush went through the roof by now less than 70 george w. bush went through the roof by now less than 7 percent of private sector workers have unions. and percent of private sector workers have unions. the effect is that. the effect is that the usual counterforce to an offensive are the usual counterforce to an offensive or highly class conscious business class is dissolved. highly class conscious business class is dissolved.
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if you're in a position of power. if you're in a position of power you want to maintain tank plants consciousness conscious for snoozers for serial self ill health but little bit a little women aged every were else you know back to the 19th century in the early days of the adult. back to the 19th century in the early days of the industrial revolution and ignited states working people were very conscious of revolution and ignited states working people were very conscious of this they in fact overwhelmingly regarded the weight they in fact overwhelmingly regarded that wage labor as not very different from slavery for the different only and that each labor is not very different from slavery for the different only in that it was temporary effect of such a popular idea that was
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a slogan of the republican party that was temporary effect of such a popular idea that was a slogan of the republican party well there was a very sharp class consciousness. well i was a very sharp class consciousness in the interests of power and privilege it's good to drive those ideas and the interests of power and privilege it's good to drive those ideas out of people's heads you don't want them to know that they're an oppressed class so they're people's heads you don't want them to know that they're an oppressed class so this is one of the few societies magicks don't talk about cliffs in fact this is one of the few societies magicks don't talk about cliffs in fact the national classes varies and i simple shop class so it's not her who is going to sleep or her who for all who doesn't get busy your career as a metaphor basic honestly the at basic kinds clear glass of. scotland's more
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blunt stance and complex but the more it's new basically it wants to complex but that's basically it. the public relations in this. the public relations industry the advertising industry which is dedicated to creating consumers it's a free advertising industry which is dedicated to creating consumers it's a phenomenon developed in the freest countries in britain and the united states the
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phenomenon developed in the freest countries in britain and the united states and the reason is pretty clear it became clear by a say a cent and the reason is. pretty clear it became clear by a say a century ago that it was not going to be so easy to control the population by force tree ago that it was not going to be so easy to control the population by force too much freedom with one. labor organizer in parliamentary look too much freedom with one. labor organizer in parliamentary labor parties in many countries women started to get the french as and so on she had of labor parties in many countries women started to get the french as and so on she had of other means of controlling people and it was understood and expressed they have to get other means of controlling people and it was understood and expressed they have to control them by control of. beliefs an attitude intro them by control of.
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beliefs and attitudes well one of the best ways to control people in terms of attitudes it's well one of the best ways to control people in terms of attitudes is what the great political economists there stand that is must been called for what the great political economists they're stunned blind called fabricating consumers. abrogating consumers. if you can fabricate a want. if you can fabricate a want to. make obtaining things that are just about within your reach the make up painting things that are just about within your reach the essence of life they're going to be trapped into becoming
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a consumer's lessons of life they're going to be trapped into becoming a consumer's. you read the business press aged 920 s. it talks about. and you read the business press say 920 s. it talks about the need to direct people to the superficial things of life but the need to direct people to the superficial things of life like fashionable consumption and that will keep them out of our hair. like fashionable consumption and that will keep him out of our hair. you find his doctrine all through progressive intellectual 4 but did you find this doctrine all through progressive intellectual 4 but walter lippmann the major progress of intellectual of the 20th century walter lippmann the major progress of intellectual of the 20th century. he wrote famous progressive essays on democracy. he wrote famous progressive
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essays on democracy in which his view was exactly that the public must be put in their place. in which his view was exactly that the public must be put in their place so that the responsible men can make decisions without interference from the b. wilderness so that the responsible men can make decisions without interference from the be willed and herd. there to be spectators not part of herd. they're to be spectators not participants then you get a properly functioning democracy straight back to the disappearance then you get a properly functioning democracy straight back to madison on to the polls memory and so on and the medicine on to the polls memory and so on and the advertising industry just exploded. with with this advertising industry just
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exploded. with with this as its goal fabricating consumers. school fabric. it in consumers. and it's done with great sophisticate. and it's done with great sophistication. many miles down. one of the lashon. known many miles down. one of the last a moment i own a very singular green room where on the stone while very singular green room are aware of the kind. of the ideal is which actually seemed to did kind. of the ideal is which actually seemed to did. we're let's
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see teenage girls they have a free cetera. we're let's see teenage girls they have a free cetera afternoon all go walking in a shopping mall not the library or just you know they go walking in a shopping mall not the library or somewhere else. the idea is to try to control everyone somewhere else. the idea is to try to control everyone has to turn the whole society into the perfect system. is to turn the whole society into the perfect system. perfect system would be a society based on a. perfect system would be a society based on a diet of peer to peer is you and your television set a diet of peer to peer is you and your television set or maybe no you in the internet. in which you know you do that and that the president to do with in which
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that presents you with what the pro-slavery food would be what to going to get your property which are led by food with me. she would try to get education and you spend your time and effort to gaining those things which you don't need you don't want maybe to throw away beyond your time and effort to gaining those things which you don't need you don't want maybe to throw away. but that's the measure of a decent life. but that's the measure of a decent life. what we see is in say advert. what we see is in say advertising on television if you've ever taken an economics course you know that on television if you've ever taken an economics course you know that markets are supposed to be based more and certain for supposed to be can
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base rumors making raced on informed consumers making rational choices well if we had a system like that a market system of choices well if we had a system like that a market system then a television ad would consist of say a motor. in a television ad would consist of say general motors putting up information saying here's what we have for sale a samba putting up information saying here's what we have for sale a samba an ad for a car is an ad for a car football hero you know an ad for a car is an ad for a car football hero you know an actress or the car doing some crazy thing like going up an actress or the car doing some crazy thing like going up a mountain or something the point is to create uninformed consumers who will make
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irrational choices that's what advertising is all about mountain or something the point is to create uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices. that's what advertising is all about. and when the same institutions p.r. . and when the same institutions p.r. . system runs elections they do it the same way. the system runs elections they do it the same way. they want to. they want to create an uninformed electorate which will make irrational choices no operate and an informed electorate which will make irrational choices so often against their infant interests there's the earth and then we see it every time i'm pleased one of the 60 year of it begins
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it every time one of these extravaganzas take place is to big but. read it after the election. right after the election. president obama won an award from the advertising industry president obama won an award from the advertising industry for the best marketing campaign and was reported here if you go to the international business press for the best marketing campaign and was reported here if you go to the international business press executives were euphoric you know they said we've been selling executives we're euphoric you know they said we've been selling candidates marketing candidates and i can't do that you know they don't do space and aren't getting candidates like you know toothpaste or cents raise interest rates again and this is that and this is that it is great
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to cheat us to join she we haven't had we have had i don't i usually don't usually agree with sarah pail and when she mocks the but she calls the hopi agree with sarah pale and when she mocks the. what she calls the hopi changey stuff she's right 1st of all obama didn't really promise anything be changes stuff she's right 1st of all obama didn't really promise anything that's mostly illusion you go back to the campaign rhetoric and take a look at this mostly illusion you go back to the campaign rhetoric and take a look at this very little discussion of poesy issues and for very good reason because it has very little discussion of policy issues and for very good reason because public opinion on poesy is sharply disconnected because public opinion on poesy is sharply disconnected from what the 2 party leadership and their financial backers want. poesy more and more is focused on
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during the dot com. dot com there was a lot of problems with. insider dumping there was a lot of problems with. an insider dumping stocks right after the i.p.o. there should be a lockup period to force the stock right after the i.p.o. there should be a lockup period to force people key people to stay on for a least 6 months or a year to make sure that people keep people to stay on for a least 6 months or a year to make sure this thing gets out of the gate without too many problems here in this thing gets out of the gate without too many problems here in this era of the we work being a primary example the founder insider era of the we work being a primary example the founder insider was able to dump almost a $1000000000.00 beef was able to dump almost these to delight and. before you're
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one of the leading political scientists martin you know on. one of the leading political scientists martin guillen's came out with a study of the relation between public attitudes and the wood moment which came out of the study of the relation between public attitudes and that would mostly what he shows is that about 70 percent of the population has no way of influence what he shows is that about 70 percent of the population has no way of influencing. but they might as well be into the mother country. they might as well be into the mother country. and the population knows. what
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it's the population knows. what its lead to is a population that angry frustrated hate instead. 2 is a population that's angry frustrated and hates institutions. and it's not acting constructively touche and. it's not acting constructively to try to respond to. his popular mobilization to try to respond to this. there is popular mobilization and activism but in very self destructive directions. in an activism but in very self destructive directions. taking the form of unfocused anger attacks on want to take in the form of unfocused anger attacks on one another and on vulnerable targets that's what
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happens in cases like this and other and on vulnerable targets that's what happens in cases like this. it is corrosive of social relations but that's the point the point is to make people. it is corrosive of social relations but that's the point the point is to make people to hate and fear each other and look at only for themselves and don't do anything for any and fear each other and look at only for themselves and don't do anything for anyone else. when no one else. one place you see it strikingly is on april 15th. april 15th place you see it strikingly is on april 15th. april 15th is a kind of a measure the day of prayer taxes of how democratic is to say it is a kind of
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a measure the day of prayer taxes of how democratic a society is a different city if a society is really democratic it is. if the deficit is really democratic ever 15th ever before we had 15th there would be a day of celebration break it today it would be the patient gets to get it today when the population gets together decides to fund the programs and activities there decides to fund the programs and activities that they have formulated agreed upon would be better than asian celebrated that they have formulated agreed upon what could be better than asian celebrated the way it is needed state it's a day of mourning it's not the way it is needed to state it's a day of mourning it's a day in which some. power has nothing to do if you day in which some.
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power you know has nothing do with you is coming down to steal your hard earned money and you do everything you can they keep from doing is coming down to steal your hard earned money and you do everything you can they keep from doing it. though that is a kind of a measure of the extent to which the get. go that is a kind of a measure of the extent to which at least in popular consciousness democracy is actually functioning. not or isn't popular consciousness democracy is actually functioning. not a very attractive picture. a tract of picture of.
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the tendencies that. be. the tendencies that we've been describing within american society and those there are reversed it's going to we've been describing within american society and those there are reversed it's going to be an extremely ugly society i'm a society that's based on being extremely ugly society i'm a society that's based on adam smith's final maxim you know all for myself nothing adam smith's final maxim you know all for myself nothing for anyone else. and when else. a society in
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which no normal human been influenced in it's an emotion of state in which normal human instincts an emotion of sympathy so there are the mutual support empathy and with each they're going to be saying driven without error or to be betrayal sport in which they're going driven out. that's just say no ugly and even though. that society so ugly i don't even know who'd want to live in it with my children to. get the society is based on and want to live in it with my children to. give the society is based on control by private wealth it will reflect what they controlled by private wealth it will reflect the values that in fact does reflect is that in fact does reflect.
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that but if you go there you can it's good that it's green and that and the desire to die or to max max my respond 1st get on it get in at the expected. it's acceptable until it was developed in. any society society has made a small society based on that principle is a good what if. i had a small society based on that principle is ugly but it can survive a global society based on that principle is headed for massive destruction. a global society based on that principle is headed for massive destruction. and i don't think we're smart enough to design and meadow think we're smart enough to design in any detail what a perfect leachate any free decent it would be little would
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a perfectly just and free society it would be like i think we can give some guidelines and more significant we can ask like i think we can give some guidelines and more significant we can ask how we can progress in that direction. how we can progress in that direction. john dewey the leading social for. john dewey the leading social philosopher and the late 20th century he argued that until all institutions plus for the late 20th century he argued that until all institutions production commerce. media unless there are production commerce. media unless they're all under participatory democratic control who we will not
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have all under participatory democratic control who we will not have a functioning democratic society. as he put of a functioning democratic so. haddie. as he put it policy will be the shadow cast by business over society. policy will be the shadow cast by business over society. sententiously trip through true. where there are structures of authority domination and higher g.'s where there are
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structures of authority domination and hire somebody gives the orders somebody takes them they are not self-justifying somebody gives the orders somebody takes them they are not self justifying they have to justify themselves and their burden of proof to me. they have to justify themselves and their burden of proof to me. well if you take a close look usually you find they can justify themselves. well if you take a close look usually you find they can justify themselves if they can we are to be dismantling. trying to decide can we ought to be dismantling. trying to expand the domain of freedom and justice by a dismantling of that form of expand the domain of freedom and justice by
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a dismantling of that form of illegitimate authority and in fact progress over the years legitimate authority and in. progress over the years but we all thankfully recognize as progress has been just that the way things change what we all thankfully recognize as progress has been just that the way things change is because lots of people are working all the time and you know they're working in their communities is because lots of people are working all the time and you know they're working in their communities in their workplace or wherever they happen to be and they're building up the basis unity is in their workplace or wherever they happen to be and they're building up the basis for popular movements which are going to make changes and that's the way every were popular movements which are going to make changes and that's the way everything has ever happened in history.
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except before freedom of be. takes a freedom of speech. one of the real what all it should be revealed until a military achieve some abayas of it even since suffering that is what it's 1st in the world and it's not in the bill of rights on the on the constitution for old and it's not in the bill of rights on the on the constitution a freedom of speech issues began to come to the supreme court in the early twenty's a freedom of speech issues began to come to the supreme court in the early 20th century. the major contributions came in the 1960 s. century. the major contributions came in the 1960 s. one of the leading ones was a case of going civil rights movement well but then you had one of the leading ones was a case of going civil rights movement well but then you had a mass popular movement which will firsthand right which to it is demanding
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rights. refusing to back down and in that context the supreme if you were going to did the stem cell research and printed context the supreme court did establish a pretty high standard freedom of speech. or thinks a women's right pretty high standard freedom speech or it takes a women's right to women also because identifying a person structures refusing to accept the women also began identifying oppressive structures refusing to accept them or he go their people to join with them. that's her right to rule or he go their people to join with them. that's her right to return. to trouville extent if also spent a lot of mileage. to be true to the extent of also spent a lot of my life in activism some of the doesn't show up publicly but you know. terribly good it was not the greatest organizer i think that we can see quite life
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in activism i mean that doesn't show up publicly but you know. terribly good it was the greatest organizer i think that we can see quite clearly some very very serious here serious is the fact that what was in an earlier. era. which are going to air to me could occur. with your great only to have corrected it braiding outright framework that is commonly accepted i think we're going to have to find new ways to put it right but it's commonly accepted i think we're going to have to find new ways to put it right. but the activists are people who have created the rich. but the activists are people who have created the right. not just newbies even as if i you give easy voth and this vile stuff and as such that's. not.
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show same wrong. wrong all same wrong. wrong all. to meet you all. to get to shape out just to come out to. get to shape out just to come out to play and in game train because the trail. and in game trip equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. and ground.
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