IWW Rally North Providence RI 8-26-07

[Cjay272]

Wtf? why dont i remember this? -.- =/

If theres a fire department right down the street... whats the point of this? =//

[docfuzz]

greetings from a cnt member in spain

keep iww up

don´t notice fascisct comments from rednecks

viva el anarcosindicalismo

[IWW610]

ONE BIG UNION!

[newburycomics]

they were in my school parking lot stinking it up with their Communism fucking scum

[justdoom666]

wow, you're a piece of shit. die

[bignricci]

Me and my friends went to this, being the only normal people in attendance, and wow!. LOL! Everybody was either a freak or a loser!

I think its pretty funny she broke her leg, and if i was it in person i would have laughed until i died.

[NortonYorksterdam]

The IWW is the union equivalent of the Scientologists. They even have their own jargon and buzzwords and cult fetish items - like red books, the Wheel of Industry, and silly stories about wobble saws and racist stereotypes of Chinese people saying "wobble wobble you!" - back from the IWW anti-Chinese days.

Now it's a bunch of White hippies slumming at Starbucks - look how excited they are here to have a guy speak in Spanish!

[Molotok]

I would (and do) consider the Scientologists to be worse.

I'd rather take the red book, red cards, and the lingo any day of the week over Xenu, OTs, Tetons, and weird-ass expensive initiations.

Personally, I think you should be kissing the labor movement's ass, especially if you're working at a 9-to-5 job.

[Molotok]

Actually, I find it highly ironic that someone speaking against the IWW has a subscription to Ron Paul. He is the one Republican who would actually strengthen unions in even the right-to-work states with his abolition of Social Security and other such already meager benefits.

[Catholicwob]

The IWW is not a political Party. It is an Industrial Labor Union. To the person who said that the IWW does not represent the working class, I say, Im a wood floor man and a wobblie. That means I am part of the working class and THE IWW REPRESNTS ME!!!!! To comment on the video cops ARE workers, but so are scabs so that dont mean much.

[neibotlai]

nortonyork, im i.w.w. and lets see you discredit my actions! i challenge you.

stand in solidarity.

[ZOGGYDOGGY]

This NortonYork ass, has a thing about attacking Wobblies. Obviously, Mr. Block lives.

Get wise, organize the OBU.

[NortonYorksterdam]

Ah Mr. Block you're little propaganda cartoon to make fun of people who don't buy into your cult. You wobblies can't even make the video cameras you take these videos on - the Taiwanese do that - all you people can do is bang drums.

[NortonYorksterdam]

Solidarity Forever! Or at least until I get to grad school!

[NortonYorksterdam]

Is there a SINGLE person at that rally that ever did manual labor - much less skilled manual labor? Anyone there that didn't major in liberal arts in their college?

Why is the IWW 100% White?

[Erico49]

nort, i'm an iww who spent 16 yrs. working in a steel mill, prior to that i worked in warehouses, as a dog catcher, retail worker, construction worker, and a dishwasher. i've known a lot of wobs who are not white.

[NortonYorksterdam]

Erico49, ok but you and non-white wobs are a pretty small minority of the IWW aren't you?

[redanok]

Since I was 17 ive been in shipyards and im now a painter in an autobody shop. Im now 23. And as for the non-white bullshit. My wife is latino and a wob.

[NortonYorksterdam]

redanok can probably find the exceptions to the rule and pretend that's the rule, but that doesn't make it true. The IWW doesn't represent the working class anymore.

[redanok]

who does then. If were going to say that then lets look at the big picture. All union membership is down. Patriotism is on the rise and rent is out of control. The people who own this country's production now have more executive, judicial, and legislative power now more then ever. If the IWW doesnt represent the working class(skilled and unskiled), then who does; because I dont see anyone else other then the automotive industry making any progress.

[NortonYorksterdam]

well SEIU represents the American working class a lot more than the IWW does. They have actually organized a large number of working class Americans and has made practical benefits to them.

The IWW bangs drums at "protests" - let's be hoenst folks, it's a political group not a union.

[redanok]

I dont know about that, sir. We take great measure to make sure IWW does not become a political party. And not all IWW members go to protest. the IWW doesnt host protest or spend money on them.

[NortonYorksterdam]

ok whatever. If I actually wanted health care or a raise or some legal representation, I would rather organize with an actual working union like SEIU than a bunch of white hippies banging drums like the IWW. Personal preference I guess.

[radripz]

why does norman have to translate for him ? press 1 for english press 2 for spanish maybe they were fired cause they couldnt follow the directions of their non spanish speaking boss?