tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post8819962480375414594..comments2023-06-14T01:57:25.811+12:00Comments on UNITY: Protest greets attack on workers rights, but what comes next?UNITYbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988382051387127423noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-64059035608986952242010-07-22T20:24:20.281+12:002010-07-22T20:24:20.281+12:00Yes, there was more worker confidence at the time ...Yes, there was more worker confidence at the time of the Holidays struggle and also quite a lot of deeply felt indignation.<br /><br />There were downsides.<br /><br />Union officials went in for a lot of silly childish demonisation of "Mad Max" Bradford. That sort of crap, like the hysterical "fascist Muldoon" nonsense before it actually puts a brake on the development of Don Franksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-36503995368636267012010-07-22T15:41:33.518+12:002010-07-22T15:41:33.518+12:00Hi Don
Thanks for mentioning the 1979 general str...Hi Don<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning the 1979 general strike. There are always lessons to be learned from past struggles, although today’s battles always take place under different conditions. The 1979 strike is one I’ve heard very little about. 1991 is the point of reference that has dominated since I became an activist – or 1951 or 1913.<br /><br />At Monday’s Christchurch meeting someone Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711773649948256237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-5377267780314624802010-07-20T11:19:57.669+12:002010-07-20T11:19:57.669+12:00I wrote the above comment, it accidently came thro...I wrote the above comment, it accidently came through unsigned,<br /><br />Don FranksDon Franksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-32494189789869300302010-07-20T11:15:15.836+12:002010-07-20T11:15:15.836+12:00What a lot of tosh Trotter sprayed into cyber spac...What a lot of tosh Trotter sprayed into cyber space! <br /><br />“The urge to grind working-class New Zealanders’ faces into the dirt is obviously hard-wired into the rudimentary mental machinery of the reactionary rural bigots and smug suburban fascists that make up the National Party’s rank-and-file. <br />As I said to the Labour MP, Carol Beaumont, who was present at the rally, the National Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com