tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post112372198661924729..comments2023-08-13T12:20:53.393+01:00Comments on Anything that defies my sense of reason....: Bush Signs $286.4-Billion Highway BillThe Antagonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459201402366077472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-1123770991503928022005-08-11T15:36:00.000+01:002005-08-11T15:36:00.000+01:00Caterpillar have a long an interesting history whi...Caterpillar have a long an interesting history which includes things like <A HREF="http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11369" REL="nofollow">Palestine: U.S. Bulldozer Firm in Mid-East Row</A> in its illustrious past.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chomsky.info" REL="nofollow">Noam Chomsky</A> has cited Caterpillar in relation to studies of how large corporations drive their workforces from "<I><B>defiance to compliance</B></I>" through various underhand tactics that remove their rights and their wages simultaneously. <BR/><BR/>More information is available from a couple of excellent Chomsky publications including the freely available:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.fluxview.com/library/books/Class%20Warfare%20-%20Noam%20Chomsky.pdf" REL="nofollow">Class Warware - Interviews with David Barsamian</A> [PDF]<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.understandingpower.com/" REL="nofollow">Understanding Power - The Indispensable Chomsky</A> [<A HREF="http://www.understandingpower.com/AllChaps.pdf" REL="nofollow">Entire book as single PDF</A>]The Antagonisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459201402366077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-1123758735735528852005-08-11T12:12:00.000+01:002005-08-11T12:12:00.000+01:00You know I hadn't realised that the clothing and f...You know I hadn't realised that the clothing and footware brand Caterpillar had anything to do with these machines until I went to the War on Want website.<BR/><BR/>http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=9969<BR/><BR/>My kids were sporting trendy Caterpillar T-shirts (which have since been binned), and I felt sick at how Caterpillar were manipulating young people into associating their name with trendy clothing rather than machines of barbarity.<BR/><BR/>Since 7/7 I have come out of my 'coma' and woken up to the real world (with some help from reading your pages I must add).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com