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WillyT

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16. And The Labor Movement:

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:19 PM

Apr 2015

DULink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002755708

And the Civil Rights Movement:

Link: http://tinyurl.com/otffuch

The goal was to improve our society so that this became unnecessary.

Apparently we have failed.

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W/ Respect to Baltimore and Freddie Gray. Have you forgotten the origins of the US? [View all] dballance Apr 2015 OP

Many folks sit back in their easy chair and judge the actions of people they have no clue NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #1

I wish we could avoid violence. dballance Apr 2015 #4

And even that last part of what you say, while true, they werent defending anybody when they NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #6

K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #2

the am rev was not a peasant uprising. it was a tax revolt by the rich. KG Apr 2015 #3

KG, You are Correct dballance Apr 2015 #8

Oh please, the tea was thrown in the water. cwydro Apr 2015 #5

So you're saying the revolutionaries didn't loot the ships? dballance Apr 2015 #9

Ridiculous cwydro Apr 2015 #14

I've never read anywhere that the ships were burned. Only that the tea was dumped. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2015 #17

spurious. The Tea Party was a result of planned action cali Apr 2015 #7

Yes. cwydro Apr 2015 #15

I generally agree with your posts Cali. Not this time. dballance Apr 2015 #18

It's not the same...this riot won't solve anything at all. davidn3600 Apr 2015 #19

I was talking to sheshe about the Boston Massacre last year after the Ferguson showtrial was over. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #10

false. The tea party was a carefully planned and executed action cali Apr 2015 #13

Nothing good can come from a land that has blood on it's hands.. HipChick Apr 2015 #11

Speaking of history...I'm reading a book that recounts a VERY similar wiggs Apr 2015 #12

And The Labor Movement: WillyT Apr 2015 #16

Let's not forget the slaughter of the native peoples who were living here LiberalEsto Apr 2015 #20

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