Yesterday, more than 25,000 dockworkers in 29 West Coast ports stayed off the job in order to protest the Iraq war, according to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. “Longshore workers are standing down on the job and standing up for America,” Bob McEllrath, the union’s president, said in a statement. “We’re supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq.”
I needed a positive note. I’ve been reading about Sidney Blumenthal, one of my favorite journalists, involving himself in dirty tricks lite for the Clinton Campaign, and the Bush-mobile sending aircraft carriers to the Gulf, and getting kind of gloomy about the prolonged Democratic Primary. But 25,000 Dockworkers marching for peace to bring our children home more than makes up for my discouragement. Yeah America!
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