On Saturday, President Trump banned Muslims from certain countries from entering the US. Within hours, there were mass protests at airports throughout the country. Donald Trump has stirred up a hornets nest and it’s not going to die down so easily. Here is a video of some of the protest at the San Francisco airport – base for the carpenters wildcat strike which shut down construction at this same terminal back in 1999.
Note: Mention is made here of the carpenters wildcat strike of 1999 which shut down construction of this very building. Here is a video of that strike. And here is a longer article, giving a history of that strike. The union leadership has done everything in its power to crush that fighting union spirit, but it is the coming movement that can play a big role in its revival. This will play a major role in transforming the political situation in the US.
Categories: labor, racism, rebellion, United States