class and race struggle right here in nyc. the "free" press has turned to its most ranting hate-filled mode, here's the Daily News (& Murdoch's Post is even worse!) calling for the lynching of the head of the TWU... ------- <http://www.nydailynews.com> New York Daily News - Throw Roger from the train!
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Roger Toussaint, we dare you to take to the Brooklyn Bridge this morning to tell the cold, walking throngs why you chose to disrupt the lives of millions, jacked up the expenses of tens of thousands, shuttered and crimped businesses, exposed the subway system to terrorism and generally threatened the public health and welfare. It would be delicious watching you try to justify the reckless, lawless transit strike that you have inflicted on the city - assuming your fellow New Yorkers didn't hurl you over the railing into the icy waters before you got a word out. For this town, a labor town, is seething at getting hammered for no good reason.
The rage will only build as the public gets the full picture of how Toussaint rashly led the Transport Workers Union away from the bargaining table despite winning concession after concession from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority...<more raving> ------ it's so excellent for all thosefucked by the rulers of the US everywhere else to be able to see thousands of brave people here in nyc defying their press and courts. on my (3 mile) walk downtown today i'm going to stop for a while at the picket line at 53rd st between 8th & 9th.
john mage