Buddhagem Speaks with Noam Chomsky on May Day, 2009 (2/4)

[ZYKLONBKILLSHITLER]

Lucky ass

[gf1605]

Cheering April 15th might be going a little far, I think. Especially if you're one of the outvoted.

[socratesuk]

I should like to hear his thoughts on the Total Oil strike in the UK, the employer seems to have backed down.

[KentAllard]

did the workers assume management?

[socratesuk]

No the employers at first sacked those who took part in a wild cat strike. But the support for the sacked workers began to snowball. Within about two weeks the employer backed down and reinstated them all.

[KentAllard]

why didn't they take over?

[socratesuk]

That I can't answer. Perhaps the close relationship between union and labour party had something to do with it.

Total are a french company, did you notice Brown and Sarkozy this week like best friends, 2 + 2.

[wid85]

That would have incurred the wrath of the state. They would have all been put in jail. The precedent would have been far too dangerous.

[KentAllard]

This is Europe we're talking about, not the Niger delta.

[peterfdrucker]

Or the recent attack on the people working at SsangYong.

[bigchuck333]

I would love to hear his thoughts on Honduras.

[aewester]

definitely, i would too... i feel like i have no background on what's going on

[lGnossos]

Chomsky's written a bit about Honduras. You can look it up on google. Nothing on the current coup in Honduras but plenty on the country's history.

[KentAllard]

check the most recent article "Season of Travesties: Freedom and Democracy in mid-2009" on the dotinfo site