[lbo-talk] Fwd: ZNet Update Transit Strike Essay

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Doug quoted:
> The New York City Transit Strike:
> It's About Respect...and Solidarity
> by Michael Hirsch
> 
> The now three-day-old strike by New York's 34,000 bus and 
> subway workers, crippling mass transit and estimated to have 
> affected some
> 3.5 million daily commuters, is being played out in the media 
> -- particularly television and radio outlets -- as a natural 
> disaster. 
> That's a pity, because the case could easily be made that the 
> strike was forced on the workers, an outcome of venal public 
> policy and inept state and city political leadership.

I am already overposting, but hey, if the mayor of NYC can break the code to
get rich, if the union can break the law and go on strike, breaking Doug's
posting rules to make an important point seems like small potatoes, no?  -
ok, I promise to repent and say "workers of the world, unite" twenty five
times before going to bed tonight ;).

In any case, I just have just one question - why is not this and similar
editiorial broadcasted all over NYC and the nation in labor friendly
*POPULAR* press.  I understand that expecting the WSJ or Murdoch rags do it
is unreasonable, but why is not there an equivalent of  "The Guardian" in
NYC?  If publications targeting much small audiences - like The Nation,
Mother Jones, Dollars and Sense, and yes, LBO, can survive, why not a
labor-friendly daily targeting broader audiences?

Wojtek