Unions Should Learn From Russian Communists & Italian Anarchists — Says TV Host
- Posted on July 19, 2012 at 10:10am by
Benny Johnson
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Juan Gonzalez, who co-hosts the radio and television program Democracy Now!, gave some startling advice to the American labor movement recently.
Speaking on a panel at Stony Brook University in New York, Mr. Gonzales discussed his views on how close-minded the American labor movement has become while insinuating they should be much more accepting of the old Russian Marxist workforce and the Italian anarchist movement.
Gonzalez began by referencing third world immigrant labor in America and noting their valuable experiences when it comes to fighting for workers rights:
“You have no idea what they have gone through in their own country, what kind of struggles they already went through before they got to this country and that they have much more labor consciousness and understanding and they are bringing that here.”
The journalist, who works for a George Soros-funded organization, went on to reference the valuable additions anarchist and communists have made to the American work force and encouraged modern Labor to learn from these examples.
“They’re bringing that consciousness here like the Russian workers of the early 20th century* brought to the United States.
Like the Italian Anarchists brought to the United States. They’re bringing a whole new sense of political consciousness and class solidarity.”
The widely syndicated Broadcaster went on to scold organized labor for not including the immigrants in more leadership positions within their unions. Gonzales lamented organizers don’t want to give the immigrants “the opportunity to rise and take actual leadership within many of these Unions”:
“I think its incumbent upon conscious and progressive labor activists to help open the doors to your union and the unions that you work with to be able to provide and opportunity for these new rising leaders to play a bigger role.”
Gonzalez was featured last week on the Blaze for advocating that Progressives “reject the middle class” due to their inability to relate with “the poor and people of color.”
The lecture was well received.
You can watch part of it below:
*A time of blossoming communism.
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Comments (52)
capitalismrocks
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 3:39pmThose people came here to ESCAPE the commie marxist and italian anarchist labor forces and embrace American freedoms and capitalism… This journalist is such an ass!!!
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:34amSome also came here to spread the propaganda of these philosophies.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 3:00pmMr. Gonzales: If anarchy and Communism were so successful, why did the Soviet Union fall apart and why were so many killed under its existence ? If only they actually taught World History instead of Far Left / anti -American indoctrination in our American schools today .
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 12:29amNot sure what or how they are teaching history now, but when I was still in high school(10yrs ago), we learned how bad communism was and just how much of a negative impact it had on societies around the globe. Now, this class was taught by a teacher who dealt in teaching the facts not “standards” as the government likes to. Communism appeals to the downtrodden by promising a paradise for workers, which we all know that paradise has yet to come to fruition in any communist revolution.
Report Post »Restore the Republic
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 2:47pmUnions are just organized crime in disguise. They operate under RICO exemptions because their actions are indistinguishable from Racketeering. somewhere in the 20th century, the Mafia changed their name to “Unions” and went on doing business as usual.
National right to work law will put an end to Union extortion once and for all. Only 12% of all of america belongs to a union. yet they drive the cost of EVERYTHING up for the rest of us. They exist to create an unfair advantage for themselves at OUR EXPENSE. They fail to represent the political views of their members proportionately, they buy politicians, then negotiate Obscene levels of compensation with those same politicians.
Unions are criminal enterprises comprised of extortionists, and outright thuuuugs.
Report Post »NWWADD
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:57amWell said.
Report Post »Eff the Poor
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 2:39pmFunny Stuff.. If this cretin had done a little research, he would have learned that the CIO (as in AFL-CIO) was co-founded by the Communist Party of the United States way back in the day…(yes they brag about it on their web site).
That whole “red-shirt on Thursday” thing that unions like to do… where do you think that might have come from?
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:26pm“You have no idea what they have gone through in their own country, what kind of struggles they already went through before they got to this country and that they have much more labor consciousness and understanding and they are bringing that here.”
The ‘struggles’…..Uhhhh, maybe that’s why they came here??
Report Post »DenisWTexas
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:19pmUm,… Mr. Gonzalez…
If these Communists, Marxists, and Anarchists were so effective in their labor organizing efforts in their motherlands, why in the sam hell did they feel the need to immigrate here?
That‘s always been the most ignorant part of every progressive’s argument. If the USA is so bad and capitalism is so bad and our success is so bad, why in the world is every communist worker and marxist worker and socialist activist DYING to crawl across our borders? And then when they GET HERE, they want to turn it into the sh*t-hole that they just left.
Huh?!?!?!?
Report Post »Eff the Poor
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:23pmGood point. You describe the California Syndrome perfectly. Californians hate California, so they move to Nevada and Arizona to escape. When they get there, they continue to vote for the same crap that destroyed California and caused them to move out. On it goes, ad infinitum.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:13pmThis guy is fool of it, the Russian people were forced to do work that they were not trained or taught to do such as bakers and shop keepers being forced to work on collective farms. Most died of starvation or were sent to labor camps were they died of starvation or disease some were shot on site on those farms. Russian commissars would randomly grab people off the streets and send where ever labor was needed regardless of skill level and education. Heaven help you if you were educated and even worse a accountant or banker or teacher or a lawyer. This Leftist has watched to many Soviet propaganda films and as one person noted here slept through his history classes.
Report Post »Bugleboy99
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:00pm@/BARBER2
“they are all in cahoots today…This is an international movement. They have just started occupying America “
True for the most part. Internationally there are more communist or socialist (read communism light) leaning countries and organizations than there are free or capitalist countries. At least the important ones. List: France, England, Russia, China, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Canada, Scandinavia and a few others. The USA has been the lone hold out that prevents the whole world from going Marxist. Now we have a leader that was raised and indoctrinated by communist parents, grandparents and Frank M. Davis.The current president is now in the process of turning the USA into a Marxist dictatorship. Whatever he wants to do he just does it and there exists nobody who can or will check his actions. That is how Obama-care and amnesty for illegals came into being. Also the takeover of certain US business (general motors etc). Now that the other nations can see that Obama is willing to go along with their Marxist plans, things will move forward very quickly, especially after he is re-elected. McCain (sorry, I meant Romney) is too weak to win the election. The UN has real dastardly plans for this planet. In the past the US was unwilling to go along with their agenda. Our POTUS is now willing to go along with the UN so look for big changes to occur for every nation on earth. Basically dictatorship coming from the UN.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:07pmNothing short of Communism is more unAmerican than UNION,,,Which is why I quit watching sports and driving union made cars.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 2:49pmLike your comments all except the Divide the Dumb Republican anti-Romney slam mixed so neatly in there. Got news for you, Bugle : Unless the conservatives unite against this Far Left tsunami, capitalism, America, and the West are TOAST. Unite or die. NoBama 2012. No Democrats 2012.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 6:52pm…communism light leaning countries… Canada….
You’ve gotta be freaking kidding me. Since mid-90, after a few decades of flirting with commieism lite, Canada turned into the opposite direction. Granted, the process is slower than would be my liking, but it is present and seems persistent. That is as opposed to US that has a good (or bad in this case) chance to be taken over for good (or at least for several decades) by neo-marxists.
Report Post »focusonquality
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 12:38pmUnions especially the public ones aren’t so stupid. they have all their ducks lined up
Report Post »paying them money and they in turn tell the ducks how and who to vote for. and the
ducks do as they say.
i had heard the Russians were experimenting with mind control. looks like the made some gains
drphil69
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 12:04pmYes, communism and anarchy… what a great combination. After all, only about 50 MILLION PEOPLE STARVED TO DEATH IN COMMUNIST RUSSIA…
But then again, YOU ARE IN THE RULING CLASS, SO YOU DON‘T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO US ’PEASANTS.’ RIGHT?
Report Post »CABERNETQHS
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 12:55pmBut look at the happy faces on those young people on the propaganda poster. There must be something we are missing about the wonders of anarchy and communism.
Seriously though, I thought Cruella DeVille was make believe. She make a great bobble head sitting next to that nimrod.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:52am“They’re bringing that consciousness here like the Russian workers of the early 20th century* brought to the United States.
“Like the Italian Anarchists brought to the United States. They’re bringing a whole new sense of political consciousness and class solidarity.”
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Uh… we‘ve noticed and don’t like it. Be gone fool.
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:39amThe union leaders did learn from the communists — that once you get in power you hold on to it and subjugate the folks under you and collect at tithe from them by force. Isn’t that how all communist governments are run ?? The only way you leave office is by force, a coup that you don’t foresee.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:20pmTry and get a terrible employee fired!! Never happen in the UNIONS!! If you are a union-worker andyou are working better than others, THE UNION LEADERS put their boot on your throught and force you to work as bad as everyone else to “comply”! If you don’t want 100% of your dues goeing to all Democrats … tough shitz!! If you need the money and you can’t afford to go out on strike for commie/progressive agendas…tough shitz!! If you’re a teacher and your students need knowledge but the strike goes on for weeks, and you complain about your poor students…tough shitz!!
Report Post »rosegrower
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:35amThis guy is another example of someone who slept through his history classes. The socialists DID infiltrate the labor unions back in the 1950s – and the one voice that fought tooth and nail against them was the Catholic Church. Seems that they believed that honest work gave man dignity, but Communism undermined that because it made labor slaves to the state rather than unique individuals expressing their God-given talent in the workplace. Sadly, as the church lost its voice, the Communists gained theirs and the infiltration was essentially complete by the 1970s.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:29amSocialists sponge off conservatives, live off conservatives, and they have all these wonderful sounding reasons,,,,,it’s for the children, working families, minorities, gay rights, social justice, and we ain’t buyin it anymore…..the truth is they have figured out many many ways to live off other peoples labor…..the gravy train is pullin in to the station…..
Report Post »Babysan12
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:29am“Communist Goal #36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.” -Congressional Record 1963.
When will you finally say enough is enough?
When will you fight back?
Start now! Join the John Birch Society!
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Cashpipe
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:27amLet these same immigrants fix their countries first before we take any advice from them. Lowering our standards so we can be on a par with the El Salvador‘s and Zimbabwe’s of the world will only result in a third world U.S., no thanks Juan. I’m amazed that the anti-religion, pro-evolution crowd is also anti survival of the fittest.
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:16amWhat this buffoon left out is the fact that all of these Communist and anarchist “workers” left and came to America after they destroyed the economy of their own countries and could no longer make a living.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:31amYes. And they are all in cahoots today. The OWS Movement is an anti-capitalist group out of Canada. The international Left unions are all involved . Remember the London riots last summer ? Remember all of the anarchists who routinely show up at the economic summits.? Guess what : it’s not a coincidence ! Duh. This is an international movement. They have just started occupying American now though their Best Buddies in the Obama Administration.
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:13amAren’t the “Italian Anarchists” called mobster’s?? They have brought some sound “negotiation” techniques from Italy…bust-a-knee cap, sleeping with the fishes, “visiting” ones home,……good practices for labor Unions….
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:12amNow we wouldn’t want to set that bar to high now would we.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:12amUnionize the Flea Markets!!! It’s those barbarians at the flee markets ruinining this could be communist country
Report Post »Buddynoel
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:11amLet’s learn from the makers of the Trabant. Good idea.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 10:49amHello ? Hasn’t this guy been watching the news ? Wisconsin ? OWS ? The MIC checks at Republican speaking events ? The ACORN bullhorns in bankers’ front lawns ? The Lap Dog Media ? The Democrat Character Assassination Squad tactics ? Hey, dude, the Left has ALREADY learned from the Italian Anarchists and the Russian Marxists ! ( psssst: but don’t tell anyone . It’s a Democrat Secret ! )
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:06ammaybe someone needs to send this dude a copy of RULES FOR RADICALS, our community organizer handbook dedicated to Lucifer, ” the first radical.” The Democrats LOVE this book !
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 10:48amOn the flip side… A John Galt day? Spread the word.
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justangry
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 10:46amYay communism… eyeroll
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 11:09amyah, JustANGRY: eye roll…. ( no Ron Paul today ?? )
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 12:16pmWere’s Mutiny, Soy, etc. ?? Guess they are trolling other topics…maybe the Bachman one…
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 10:40amDon’t worry Juan. Unions are already beginning to adopt those tried and true tactics.
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