tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27434430.post4809164168058701681..comments2023-11-12T08:45:39.926+00:00Comments on SUFFOLK PUNCH: WILDCATS AND SELL-OUTSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27434430.post-55488414150731336052009-02-02T17:58:00.000+00:002009-02-02T17:58:00.000+00:00Nice piece of writing (once one decodes the constr...Nice piece of writing (once one decodes the construction of that first sentence) and pretty much as true of the situation over here in the colonies as of that in the Motherland. Labor has been weakened to the point of near-total insignificance, and it feels to me that as much of that weakening has been at the hands of people that gained office with the backing of labor as it has been wrought by their proclaimed enemies. Much strength has been lost, of course, by the willingness, or need, of workers to buy cheap goods, no matter where they were produced, nor at what cost in terms of blood, sweat and poverty. In this sense, I am as guilty as most. We can probably do no better than to remember the words of Pogo: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."Ralph Murrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094202815537604157noreply@blogger.com