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disneydream06At least the wack job Gov of Wisconsin tried to pretend it wasn't an attack on Labor.
Maine's bozo is blantantly attacking Labor right out in the open.
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The attack that is being waged on unions in Republican-controlled states across the nation is not just an economic war to lower the working person's standard of living. As the Tea Party governor of Maine has shown, it is an assault on the basic dignity of labor itself.
According to The Associated Press (via Maine Public Broadcasting), Gov. Paul LePage (R-Maine) considers artwork that pays homage to the integrity and struggles of the working person to be "inappropriate" in a state government building:
LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting the state's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Augusta.
In addition, the LePage administration is renaming several department conference rooms that carry the names of pro-labor icons such as Cesar Chavez.
LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt says the mural and the conference room names are not in keeping with the department's pro-business goals and some business owners complained.
Given that the mural in question was in the Maine executive branch office that represents the workers of the state, the action appears to symbolize more than a "pro-business" tilt: it's an anti-labor attack of the pettiest sort.
Throughout history, governments that have resorted to censorship and banned art based on political outlook have not fared well in the long term.
The human spirit is too strong to endure such restrictions on a basic freedom.
In this case, a mural that pays homage to the working class has a right to hang with dignity on the wall of the Maine Department of Labor.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
Maine's bozo is blantantly attacking Labor right out in the open.
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The attack that is being waged on unions in Republican-controlled states across the nation is not just an economic war to lower the working person's standard of living. As the Tea Party governor of Maine has shown, it is an assault on the basic dignity of labor itself.
According to The Associated Press (via Maine Public Broadcasting), Gov. Paul LePage (R-Maine) considers artwork that pays homage to the integrity and struggles of the working person to be "inappropriate" in a state government building:
LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting the state's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Augusta.
In addition, the LePage administration is renaming several department conference rooms that carry the names of pro-labor icons such as Cesar Chavez.
LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt says the mural and the conference room names are not in keeping with the department's pro-business goals and some business owners complained.
Given that the mural in question was in the Maine executive branch office that represents the workers of the state, the action appears to symbolize more than a "pro-business" tilt: it's an anti-labor attack of the pettiest sort.
Throughout history, governments that have resorted to censorship and banned art based on political outlook have not fared well in the long term.
The human spirit is too strong to endure such restrictions on a basic freedom.
In this case, a mural that pays homage to the working class has a right to hang with dignity on the wall of the Maine Department of Labor.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
