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Last week my union organized a three day picket of all six job centres/unemployment agencies (I don't know the US term for a governmental agency which is supposed to help jobseekers find work but actually is set up to exert control over unemployment benefits) in my home town. Our banners read : "The bosses exploit you then throw you in the trash can... Your misery is their profits ... Organize and fight !" I noticed that 30% of jobseekers applauded us, 60% though we were right but that "we can't change the way the world works, the rich will always be rich and the poor will always be downtrodden" and 10% told us that they "were going to make it on their own, that they didn't care what happened to others and that one always had to look out for n°1" I am curious to know if these observations also applie to the US and to mainstream attitudes there towards the current "unemployment crisis". ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
