i had the good fortune of working in the Sask Legislative Building in the mid-70s. In several offices, I commented to the staff how nice their desk was. All said..."It belonged to Tommy Douglas". Finally, I asked one guy.."how can everyone say they have Tommy's old desk?' He replied: "It's like Christ and the Cross. Everyone claims to have a piece of it".
Debs and Hanford.
An interesting pair to be seen in a video about a man who a generation later would change the face of Canada.
Although these are interesting American Marxists I don;t know what if any significants they play in the Douglas story.....
And I am not even sure if I would call them marxists, socialist, or union men.
Complicated things become when we invoke the spirits of people not related to our own class strugle.....
northerbrewer 1 month ago
Nobody likes skim milk, so true.
recklesscoalition 7 months ago
this is awesome!!! he seems to have been a great man!
senhorengenheiro 9 months ago 2
i had the good fortune of working in the Sask Legislative Building in the mid-70s. In several offices, I commented to the staff how nice their desk was. All said..."It belonged to Tommy Douglas". Finally, I asked one guy.."how can everyone say they have Tommy's old desk?' He replied: "It's like Christ and the Cross. Everyone claims to have a piece of it".
LightSnowOvernight 1 year ago 3
Thank you for the post! The world needs more Tommy Douglas!
wiegraf9009 1 year ago 8
Geart video! It goes to show you how far the present liberal-lite New Democrats have to go to equal their founders!!
Marysue5252 2 years ago 4