Weapons of Words
Snapshots of History 2007-2010
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How the Corporations Broke America They started with the labor unions. The labor movement, in this country, was brought to its knees by the corporate oligarchy, feeling its oats, in the 1980s. Labor had a great tradition of fight in this country, going back to the Knights of Labor, organized in 1869, right up to the organization of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, (CIO) a federation of unions that organized workers industrially from 1935 to 1955 when it merged with the AFL. We had some flamboyant labor leaders, too—Gene Debs, “Big Bill” Haywood of the IWW, the great John L. Lewis. They fought for higher wages and a higher living standard for workers, and moved many of them up into the middle class. That’s what was called “the American Dream”. But corporate America was out to get organized labor from the year one. They found a champion in Ronald Reagan. The successful campaign against labor was kicked off by President Ronald Reagan when he broke the Air Traffic Controllers strike in 1981.
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Stephen Fleischman doesn’t know how to pull a punch as demonstrated by his hard hitting “Sharp Jabs to the Head,” his essays about the Bush Administration. Now, with his new collection of essays and stories, “Weapons of Words,” he really hits the target about where America is at present. And how we got here. And where we should go from here. You won’t find any timidity in these pages. No cover ups. No excuses. But you will find some radical ideas and a radical perspective. Something fresh . Something apart from the reactionary ranting that has become the staple of talk radio and the right-wing television channels. Something with hope for a different direction. We all know that America is in trouble today. Serious trouble. Socially. Financially. Politically. And morally. Turning a blind eye to all these problems may be easier than facing them, leaving them for the next generation to deal with. But that option is long gone. Steve Fleischman has the courage to face this reality with hard facts and hard suggestions. And he never lets this grim situation wear him down. Take a look.
About the Author
Stephen Fleischman, veteran television documentary producer-writer-director, spent thirty years in Network News with CBS and ABC. He participated in the formation of the renowned Murrow-Friendly "CBS Reports" series. He was a recipient of the prestigious Columbia University-DuPont Television Journalism Award. In 2000, he wrote "The Reporter", a novel based on the savage "war on drugs" in Latin America. His memoir, "A Red in the House" is now in print.