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Music Appreciation

marble falls

(72,131 posts) Wed Jan 7, 2026, 10:40 PM Jan 2026

Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution

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Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout A Revolution (Original Post) marble falls Jan 2026 OP

I want to be positive. I want to think that it's johnnyfins Jan 2026 #1

If you don't think it's been worse, look at the history of labor unrest especially in the mines of Colrado, ... marble falls Jan 2026 #3

Just more violence and death. johnnyfins Jan 2026 #2

johnnyfins

(3,848 posts)

1. I want to be positive. I want to think that it's

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:26 PM

Jan 2026

possible. But I am a "Getting Old" gen xer. I see zero evidence that change is in the works.

marble falls

(72,131 posts)

3. If you don't think it's been worse, look at the history of labor unrest especially in the mines of Colrado, ...

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:39 PM

Jan 2026

... or Kentucky, or the time General Pershing cleared out the "Hoover Town" DC, or the way the "Hoover Town was cleared out Central Park in NY. Or Ford's use of the Pinkertons for breaking strikes in Detroit. The Pinkertons make ICE look like amateur hour. They were involved in several high murder count action agains workers all over the US. Women and children were murdered, too.

But the only way to fight this shit is to fight this shit.

johnnyfins

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2. Just more violence and death.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:26 PM

Jan 2026

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