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Friday, January 20, 2012

Modern School: Is U.S. Planning Military Force to Suppress Unions and #OWS?

Modern School: Is U.S. Planning Military Force to Suppress Unions and OWS?:

Is U.S. Planning Military Force to Suppress Unions and OWS?

Image from Flickr, by World Can't Wait
As I reported on Modern School recently, the U.S. government has committed Coast Guard ships and helicopters to defending the interests of private capital in Washington State against striking ILWU members. The Coast Guard will supposedly be protecting empty ships as they arrive in the port of Longview, Washington to pick up grain from the EGT grain terminal. EGT, which owns the terminal, has been hiring scab labor to operate the terminal, in violation of prior