I must admit that I shop at Wal-Mart all the time. Its just too cheap and convenient. However...
It is a measure of just how well the Manufacture of Consent in this country has progressed that strong unions are considered a sign of encroaching comunist totalitarism and the kind of business - government alliance against working people is not considered totalitarian.
But I have to ask: Where are the unions now? My sense is that never in post WWII history is the perception so common that common people are getting the shaft and yet the unions are absolutely silent, at least around here. There should be a 24-hour picket outside every Wal-Mart in America demanding unionization and collective bargaining rights for Wal-Mart workers - and every other low-skill low-wage shop as well.
The fact that there isn't is a sign that the big unions are part of the unholy alliance. Without representation and collectiive bargaining the Wal-Mart workers will continue to be screwed. This country neeeds a good serious debate about worker's rights. If any such debate is going on now, it is so far outside the mainstream that even Pacifica can't detect it.
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It is a measure of just how well the Manufacture of Consent in this country has progressed that strong unions are considered a sign of encroaching comunist totalitarism and the kind of business - government alliance against working people is not considered totalitarian.
But I have to ask: Where are the unions now? My sense is that never in post WWII history is the perception so common that common people are getting the shaft and yet the unions are absolutely silent, at least around here. There should be a 24-hour picket outside every Wal-Mart in America demanding unionization and collective bargaining rights for Wal-Mart workers - and every other low-skill low-wage shop as well.
The fact that there isn't is a sign that the big unions are part of the unholy alliance. Without representation and collectiive bargaining the Wal-Mart workers will continue to be screwed. This country neeeds a good serious debate about worker's rights. If any such debate is going on now, it is so far outside the mainstream that even Pacifica can't detect it.