Vol. 71/No. 30 August 20, 2007
In the spring of 2003 informational picket lines were set up on a weekly basis for a number of weeks during our half-hour lunch period.
In the fall of 2003, upon hearing about the lockout and then strike by Co-Op miners, PACE Local 8-578 helped lead solidarity efforts, working with other PACE locals in Salt Lake City and in the west. In the spring of 2004 Co-Op miners stood on our informational picket lines and along with the broader labor movement aided us in settling our benefits fight.
Buddy Beck
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chile’s 9/11
In the July 9 issue of the Militant, it says that Chilean president Salvador Allende was overthrown on Nov. 11, 1973. Actually he was overthrown on Sep. 11, 1973. Chile had their Sep. 11th, followed by a 17-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
While all acts of terrorism should be condemned, the United States’ September 11 (in 2001) might be the result of the United States causing September 11ths—overthrowing democratically elected governments.
Chuck Wolfsfeld
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Editors note: A correction was printed in the August 6 issue.
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