Today in Labor History March 18, 1970: The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the U.S. Postal Service began on this date in New York City. The walkout was illegal, giving President Richard Nixon the excuse to send in federal troops to sort the mail. But the strike succeeded in forcing Congress to raise wages and reorganize the postal system and marked a new militancy among postal employees.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #postal #union #strike #nixon #congress #wages #newyork #wages

Nixon's sadly successful campaign strategy

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1875446/nixon-s-sadly-successful-campaign-strategy

Alt und bekannt:
Nur #nixon konnte nach China gehen.
Nur die SPD konnte den Sozialstaat demontieren.
Nur Merkel konnte die Wehrpflicht abschaffen.

Neu: Nur #Trump konnte die Straße von #Hormus schließen.

#Eisenhower refused to aid #France with bombing runs in #Vietnam during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. He financed French operations but did not get involved.

#Kennedy broke that taboo by sending personnel to South Vietnam and financing South Vietnam

#Johnson went full Monty, with manpower, bombs, aircraft the whole ensemble. Initially with bombing runs only. That gradually escalated.

#Nixon capitulated in 1975 and #Saigon finally fell.

It was a gradual slide. Sounds familiar?

#Iran