Overnight Outrage: Tax-Funded Courses in Missouri on Strategic Union Violence
Imagine if a Tea Party backer by some miracle got to teach on a college campus, and began describing ways to, oh, I don't know, keep opposing politicians from conducting business, hack into their computers and destroy data, and make their staffs feel threatened. How long would that class last, and how long would it be before it became a national news story?
Well, Publius at Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com reports that " the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) sponsored two college courses: Introduction to Labor Studies and Labor Politics and Society, to be taught simultaneously through a video conference between to two campuses." Publius asserts, with video proof, that the courses really really are "How-to College Course(s) in Violent Union Tactics."
The two must-see BigGov posts are here and here. Direct links to the videos and brief descriptions follow the jump:
The Professors are Judy Ancel, Director of Labor Studies at UMKC and Don Giljum, business manager for the International Union of Operating Engineers at Ameren UE in St. Louis. (Bonus: he is a member of the Communist Party.)
In the class, the Professors not only advocate the occasional need for violence and industrial sabotage, they outline specific tactics that can be used. As one of our colleagues pointed out, its the matter-of-factness of it all that is so disturbing.
In this new video, the professors make clear that they aren’t just speaking in theoretical terms. Union official David Giljum recounts several anecdotes where he, or other union officials, used threats to strengthen their negotiating positions (or simply get two-weeks paid time off work).
Professor Ancel recounts favorably a tactic used by a friend of hers in a union protest in Peru. (Her story will be particularly interesting to any cat lovers out there.)
As to the cats, they were used to sabotage an electrical facility. You can imagine the outcome.
It's hard to pick out other particularly odious lowlights from the vids, because, as viewers will soon see, there are so many.
And yes, this is a tax-funded exercise.
Don't buy the New York Times or read Associated Press reports hoping to find news about this. If they do eventually feel compelled to cover it, they'll tell us how "selective" and "heavily edited" the videos are, as if that matters.
A related post is at BizzyBlog.com.
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Great Questions
Submitted by rogue operator on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 12:37am.
Tom, you really nailed it in the opening paragraphs.
I fear the hard left really wants to provoke violence to justify a government crackdown. The economic tension is getting higher, due largely to adverse government policies, and that exacerbates racial relations, which are being deliberately aggravated by the left.
What the left in the main seem to really want is a tea partier or even a faux tea partier to go off and commit an act of violence. The left-leaning media seem to jump on every act of violence to try to pin one on the tea party-right. The majority of lefties may simply want to exploit a tragedy for general political success, but some hardcore leftists may want to use some incident as a reason to infringe civil liberties further, and gain more political control over the culture.
When I see stories like this one showing lefties teaching violence, I start to get worried, because it means the left is getting frustrated and desperate. When that happens, they tend to get enraged and do outrageous things.
Good info, Mr, B---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 12:56am.
but sad, too, in a way.
MD
Threaten UMSL & UMKC accreditation 1st
Submitted by Boil It Down on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 2:23am.
I can't imagine there would be any more than a very small percentage of the population who wouldn't be outraged at the deliberate teaching of illegal activities and purposeful unrest through violence. That, of course, would require the population to be made aware of these outrages first. How do we light a fire under the people of Missouri to stand up and stop this sort of thing?
The appropriate agencies charged with accrediting these schools need to be petitioned to threaten their ratings and status. Hit them in the money belt where it might have an effect. This holds true for far too many institutions of "higher" learning in the United States. That presents another problem in that the Secretary of Education would have to be on board and Arne Duncan won't be the one going against unions. Under his leadership, the Department of Education seems to be every bit as corrupt and dysfunctional as our current DOJ under Holder.
This story is only one of dozens upon dozens detailing anti-American activity within our Universities that make my blood boil. I became aware of the prominence of leftist professors in colleges back in the early 70's and began spreading the word in my small way. I'm ashamed that I wasn't bolder and more outspoken to a larger number of people. Bill Ayers, Francis Fox Piven, Ward Churchill and the like are not uncommon. All of their like minded colleagues are the cause behind many of America's troubles today. Failed Keynesianism comes to mind as one of the major schools of thought that are lovingly embraced by the leftists which have caused untold damage to our economy and strength as a nation.
There has to be a solution to purge these destructive elements from our schools. -bidn-
Answers
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 10:16am.
Home schooling. Distance learning.
Good answers Tom
Submitted by Boil It Down on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 12:17pm.
Home schooling and distance learning would certainly go a long way toward rescuing our youth from these indoctrinators.
I think what you've done here in getting the word out is just as vital to shutting this sort of thing down. I see Fox and Friends picked this up this morning. I believe I'll do some research that I've been meaning to conduct to find 'watch' organizations that might be compiling evidence against the leftist professors. This boot camp for union violence within our universities has inspired me. -bidn-
Don't be so hard on yourself ...
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 1:20pm.
... but don't let up in doing what you can.
A lot of people who have known better, could have done something, but instead did nothing have a lot more to answer for.
a vain attempt
Submitted by russedav on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 10:01am.
Well I wrote MO Governor Nixon but as a Dem he's not going to do anything except possibly promote the perfidy, and I told him as much, and how we'll be laughing at hiim doing nothing to stem lawlessness, like most of his party, including the deranged white house narcissist that never has time away from the mirror to actually govern (I bet he makes his caddy's carry all kinds of mirrors so he can gaze at his reflection longingly like his Narcissus predecessor (see http://www.online-mythology.com/echo_narcissus/)).
Another wasted letter.....
Submitted by SoftRight on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 4:06pm.
Dear Dr. Glen Cope,
As an alumni of the University of Missouri, I am ashamed and disgusted that UMSL has legitimized the open instruction of unionized terrorism and blackmail. As the son of an honest union carpenter and a past union supervisor of Chicago area nuclear power-plant workers, the illegal and immoral tactics, threats and suggestions put forth in
"Introduction to Labor Studies" and "Labor Politics and Society" (http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/04/25/union-official-professor-tea...) are a disgrace and embarrassment to your university. To think that our federal and state tax dollars support teaching this sort of open union thuggery by an avowed Communist and admitted corporate blackmailer is unbelievable. Perhaps rooting out such despicable "instructors", ideologies and course materials BEFORE they are exposed would be worthwhile and perhaps even the duty of all who love the University of Missouri (or decency).
As someone who lives in and loves St. Louis and the University of Missouri, I will continue to watch this issue and hope that the leadership at UMSL will be able to resist the call from "Academia" to protect the "rights" of these radicals to espouse and teach union terrorism in our colleges and indoctrinate our children in the philosophies of greed, hate and class warfare.
Sincerely,
....aka...(SoftRight)
Today's unions aren't about worker's rights.
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 12:17am.
They are first and foremost a fund-raising tool for the Democrats. Financing Democrat campaigns through dues is compulsory for all union members, so it's not even voluntary donations. Secondly, they provide manpower for strong-arm tactics. Which would be fine if it were limited to pickets, boycotts, demonstrations, and rallies, but they have a well documented history of threats and intimidation, harassment, vandalism, tampering with voting machines, destroying petitions, rioting, and outright violence. The fact these courses exist further proves this case.
Unions aren't about workers, they are about helping Dems win at any cost.
This is why we need a national right-to-work law or Constitutional amendment.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.