[lbo-talk] West Virginia Miners

John Mage jmage at panix.com
Fri Jan 6 17:00:02 PST 2006


Thomas Seay wrote:

> I just did a look around the web at the various US leftists websites.

> Only one (that I know of) has any mention of this story on their

> website. To their credit, the SWP features it on their homepage.

>

> I find this absence rather peculiar. Guess most US leftists have

> disdain for the hicketeriat.

>

> Thomas

We have an excellent piece up on MRzine, with massive value-added hyperlink editing by Yoshie:

" The Man (and the System) behind the Mining Murders by Andrew Pollack

Most of the coverage of the West Virginia mine murders quoted International Coal Group CEO Bennett Hatfield, who was on the scene. But its owner and "Non-Executive Chairman" is corporate takeover artist Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., who has bought up bankrupt firms in a variety of industries after they shed pension, health and/or other obligations to their workers. And after purchase, safety at these companies has nose-dived, thanks to the weakening or elimination of the unions, as well as nonenforcement of safety laws and regulations by state and federal authorities. [more]

<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/pollack060106.html>

john mage



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