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DATE | 2004-12-08 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] NYC gets no respect...
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From owner-hangouts-destenys-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Dec 8 17:24:31 2004 X-UIDL: J9i!!AS-at-"!6;>"!o-at-Y"! Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iB8MOV3v021468 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:24:31 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id iB8MOUin021467 for hangouts-destenys; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:24:30 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangouts-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from flatbush.mrbrklyn.com (flatbush.mrbrklyn.com [10.0.0.62]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.11/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id iB8MOUo0021462 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:24:30 -0500 Subject: [hangout] NYC gets no respect... From: Ruben Safir To: "hangout-at-nylxs.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Organization: NYLXS Message-Id: <1102545077.19258.1.camel-at-flatbush.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:31:18 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hangouts-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ruben Safir List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, TO_ADDRESS_EQ_REAL autolearn=ham version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-Keywords: X-UID: 38926 Status: RO Content-Length: 1423 Lines: 42
This is from a Blog of someone names John Sobel, whoever he is, and I thought it was worth posting here.
Ruben
11/8/2004 NYC General Strike! Filed under: * Politics and world affairs — site admin -at- 5:39 pm
In some countries, when citizens are outraged by egregious governmental failures or injustice, they call a general strike. A concerted effort by workers can shut down whole sections of an economy.
New York City is the financial center of the U.S. Other industries, such as the media, are centered here as well. I say let’s strike.
The economic costs of a shutdown of the financial sector should be fairly easy to predict, since we have the example of September 11 to go by. I think one day would be all it would take. Imagine what a powerful statement would be made if (say) 70% of New Yorkers, throughout the city and especially on Wall Street, all refused to show up at work on the same day.
I recommend a Tuesday, for greater resonance with September 11, to remind the rest of the nation that we New Yorkers were the primary victims. I suggest January 18, the day after we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. That too would be resonant, since Dr. King was our greatest national prophet of peace.
Thoughts? Please comment.
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