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[Brad De Long]

>WORKERS SEE RED
>
>YPSILANTI, December 16 (AP) -- Events took a strange
>turn in the protest over plans to relocate the Purina
>Puppy Chow plant to Mexico.  Workers were demanding
>that the plant remain in Michigan and had rallied to
>that end.
>
>The crowd went aghast when an ethnic studies graduate
>student excoriated them for their selfishness.  "How
>dare you deprive your Mexican brethren of their right
>to benefit from an improved international division of
>labor!"  he ejaculated.  The workers hung their heads
>in shame.  But there was more to come.
>
>Thereupon a retired english professor motion to several
>African-American members of the group.  "You there, you
>should be leading this event."  In fact one of them was
>among the leaders, but this did not faze the speaker.
>"The leadership should be African-American and female
>on principle," he insisted.  The white males in leadership
>immediately resigned their leadership posts, and a group
>of hesitant, gender and race-qualified replacements
>hesitantly stepped forward.  "But what should be do
>now?" they asked.
>
>Whereupon a fearless unretired english professor leaped
>up and said, "Abolish capitalism!  Demand full employment
>because capitalism cannot provide it!  Go on strike!"
>"But the plant is closing," said the workers.  How
>can we strike it?"  "Support the strike of the Mexican
>workers at the new plant, whenever that happens," she
>responded.  Go on strike at your new jobs, whatever
>they turn out to be!"  The workers nodded, sagely
>stroking their chins.
>
>And you know the rest of the story.
>
>-30-
>
>mbs

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