Today in Labor History March 23, 1970: President Richard Nixon declared a national emergency and sent 30,000 troops to New York City to serve as scabs to break the first nationwide postal strike.

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Here's a perfect breakdown as to why #oil has been used by the #US to sustain its bankrupt economy and use the #Petrodollar to sustain its global control and racketeering.

#Iran #Venezuela and #Russia have been exporting oil to #China, #India and other #BRICS member states in alternative currencies to the #USD.

#SaudiArabia refused to renew its 1970 petrodollar agreement with #USPol under #Nixon and has been selling oil to the #EU and other nations in currencies other than the petrodollar i.e. the USD.

This threatens #USA hegemony and its ability to wage endless wars on the world.

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" In the United States the problem of one-man rule has become acute for two reasons. First, Congress has failed to perform its envisioned role as a safeguard against the natural tendency of an executive to become dictatorial, and equally failed to maintain or even exercise its own rights through the power of the purse."
- Barbara W. Tuchman
New York Times February 13, 1973

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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.

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