At the time of the Pittston strike, a survey done, I believe in Minneapolis, showed that more Americans were aware of the strikes by Soviet miners than of the miners at Pittston.
Michael Yates
Doug Henwood wrote:
> William S. Lear wrote:
>
> >The results were a strong reminder of a terra firma of
> >leftish belief among the US citizenry, despite the droning of
> >corporate propaganda and all variety of sleaze and distraction.
>
> As far as I can tell, there hasn't been any coverage of the Australian
> wharfies strike in the U.S. corporate media. This continues a long
> tradition of ignoring popular rebellion abroad (though the NY Times did a
> heart-rending story on how hard it was to get fresh baguettes during the
> 1996 French uprisings). Hell, in the U.S. coal strike in the late 1980s,
> the media didn't cover the occupation of a Pittson facility, the first
> plant takeover by strikers in this country since the 1930s. Apparently our
> leading editors and producers must fear that terra firma of leftish belief;
> their studied silence on these matters is evidence they do.
>
> Doug