Thank you, Charlie, for another history lesson. Especially about the Labour Wars in Colorado which caused me to do some research. I was born in Colorado and wasn't taught this part of our history. I now reside in the Northern California wine country and have much to learn. I spent several years in San Francisco and loved it with all the different cultures and food varieties. Guess I will have to do some serious reading. Thanks for the inspiration.
Valiantly, the miners from Cobalt fought on as they moved to other mining camps as described in:
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners’ Strike 1941-42
Laurel MacDowell
University of Toronto Press
1983
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941–42 tells the story of one of the most important industrial disputes in Canadian labour history. This strike united the Canadian labour movement around the demand for collective bargaining legislation, which it won in 1944 and which remains central to our industrial relations system.
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of all the factors in this dramatic dispute. At the community level, a social history approach examines the local living and working conditions of the miners and their families, the role of the women in the dispute, and the ethnic makeup of the workforce.
The mining history of NW Quebec is largely overlooked. Fortunately, Mining Country: A History of Canada's Mines and Miners by Arn Keeling and John Sandlos (2021) — Provides a broad overview of Canadian mining, featuring significant focus on Quebec's hard-rock and asbestos mining impacts, communities, and labor.
Many of the miners also went overseas and joined the Royal Canadian Engineers, Tunneling Company where their mining skills were used in Scotland, Gibraltar and up through the boot of Italy from Sicily and then supporting Canadian and American forces in their push across Europe. The enlistment rate of miners in Kirkland Lake was high due to the miserable working conditions and the strike at the outbreak of the war. They were treated like wage slaves.
Mr. Charlie Angus, I most recently heard an interview of Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. This narration was provided on a podcast host by your very own. Ben Meiselas
Your audience continually asks the question, “Would America invade Canada? This was the question put to Admiral Samuel Paparo
This is what I took away from that interview. I have also taken the liberty to draw a few conclusions.
I just heard Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), state, when asked by a reporter; "if your commander in chief gave you an order to attack Canada, how would you respond?" The Admiral responded by laughing of the question and saying it was ridicules. He then had the gall to ask the reporter if he would like to hear the Admiral's battle plans for the Martian Invasion. Might be a big joke to you Admiral Samuel Paparo, but your commander in chief has already issued orders for Strikes on Iran, Venezuela invasion campaign, bombing campaigns against targets in Iraq, Nigeria, and Somalia, and ordered responses against militants in Syria and Yemen, cease military co-operation with South Korea, the total destruction of smaller fishing craft and t6he murder of their crew in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. These orders were carried out by you and the men and women that serve under you. The question of "would you attack Canada, if ordered?", is very real and is not a joke. Your commander in chief, is a psychopath, and so far, to date, you have obeyed every one of his illegal orders. You Admiral, swore an oath to the Constitution of The United States. For any of those orders to have merit, they would have had to be approved by Congress. You have admitted your complacency in Trumps illegal military operations. You will also step over International Law.
I believe, that between this chucklehead and Pete Hegseth, if the main moron gives the order. It would be carried out.
What a great story, Charlie! I know it has great threads for the resistance, today whose goal is much greater than mere sovereignty. We are all working class now, and caught in a class struggle against the oligarchs and their acolytes.
Please transcribe or have transferred, while keeping the original cassettes, all of those tapes. As someone who worked for decades as an audiovisual archivist, I'm aware of the fragility and impermanence of audio cassettes.
Thank you, Charlie! I have always loved history, but you certainly are marvellous wordsmith. 😀 How you do what you do for Canada is amazing. How do you get any rest? Love your work, Charlie! From a fellow resister. 🇨🇦
Awesome history lesson again Charlie. Thank you for republishing these exerpts from. "Cobalt".
A very famous and hard bite small town, a model for Canada , especially now in the face of the Nazi Imperialists in America. The Trump MAGA oligarchs. The Confederacy of Dunces.
Thank You Charlie for another lesson in history. Having worked in a strong union town & been a union member most of my working career, I certainly am grateful for those who led the way. Whoever says " Unions aren't needed" are those who are owners & don't want to be held accountable for fair labor practice. Corporations be damned. We need to return to strong unions or all those who are joining work force now will be run over & never helped up. !!!
We must continue the fight. It will never end, I'm afraid. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 unions 💪 💪 💪 👍👍
Great story! Thank you.
Thank you, Charlie, for another history lesson. Especially about the Labour Wars in Colorado which caused me to do some research. I was born in Colorado and wasn't taught this part of our history. I now reside in the Northern California wine country and have much to learn. I spent several years in San Francisco and loved it with all the different cultures and food varieties. Guess I will have to do some serious reading. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love these history lessons!
Another great Canadian history story to share with my grandchildren. Thanks Charlie for this gem.
Thank you, Mr. Angus. A great Labor Day story for those of us living south of Lake Ontario.
Valiantly, the miners from Cobalt fought on as they moved to other mining camps as described in:
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners’ Strike 1941-42
Laurel MacDowell
University of Toronto Press
1983
Remember Kirkland Lake: The Gold Miners' Strike of 1941–42 tells the story of one of the most important industrial disputes in Canadian labour history. This strike united the Canadian labour movement around the demand for collective bargaining legislation, which it won in 1944 and which remains central to our industrial relations system.
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of all the factors in this dramatic dispute. At the community level, a social history approach examines the local living and working conditions of the miners and their families, the role of the women in the dispute, and the ethnic makeup of the workforce.
The mining history of NW Quebec is largely overlooked. Fortunately, Mining Country: A History of Canada's Mines and Miners by Arn Keeling and John Sandlos (2021) — Provides a broad overview of Canadian mining, featuring significant focus on Quebec's hard-rock and asbestos mining impacts, communities, and labor.
Many of the miners also went overseas and joined the Royal Canadian Engineers, Tunneling Company where their mining skills were used in Scotland, Gibraltar and up through the boot of Italy from Sicily and then supporting Canadian and American forces in their push across Europe. The enlistment rate of miners in Kirkland Lake was high due to the miserable working conditions and the strike at the outbreak of the war. They were treated like wage slaves.
Mr. Charlie Angus, I most recently heard an interview of Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. This narration was provided on a podcast host by your very own. Ben Meiselas
Your audience continually asks the question, “Would America invade Canada? This was the question put to Admiral Samuel Paparo
This is what I took away from that interview. I have also taken the liberty to draw a few conclusions.
I just heard Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), state, when asked by a reporter; "if your commander in chief gave you an order to attack Canada, how would you respond?" The Admiral responded by laughing of the question and saying it was ridicules. He then had the gall to ask the reporter if he would like to hear the Admiral's battle plans for the Martian Invasion. Might be a big joke to you Admiral Samuel Paparo, but your commander in chief has already issued orders for Strikes on Iran, Venezuela invasion campaign, bombing campaigns against targets in Iraq, Nigeria, and Somalia, and ordered responses against militants in Syria and Yemen, cease military co-operation with South Korea, the total destruction of smaller fishing craft and t6he murder of their crew in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. These orders were carried out by you and the men and women that serve under you. The question of "would you attack Canada, if ordered?", is very real and is not a joke. Your commander in chief, is a psychopath, and so far, to date, you have obeyed every one of his illegal orders. You Admiral, swore an oath to the Constitution of The United States. For any of those orders to have merit, they would have had to be approved by Congress. You have admitted your complacency in Trumps illegal military operations. You will also step over International Law.
I believe, that between this chucklehead and Pete Hegseth, if the main moron gives the order. It would be carried out.
God help us all.
I really did appreciate the history lesson. Thank you much.
What a great story, Charlie! I know it has great threads for the resistance, today whose goal is much greater than mere sovereignty. We are all working class now, and caught in a class struggle against the oligarchs and their acolytes.
ALOHA. From the COCONUT WIRELESS. Island of FIRE and ICE. ........ RESISTANCE CANADA...... Great work......
Please transcribe or have transferred, while keeping the original cassettes, all of those tapes. As someone who worked for decades as an audiovisual archivist, I'm aware of the fragility and impermanence of audio cassettes.
Fascinating article.
Thank you, Charlie! I have always loved history, but you certainly are marvellous wordsmith. 😀 How you do what you do for Canada is amazing. How do you get any rest? Love your work, Charlie! From a fellow resister. 🇨🇦
Mother Jones would be proud of this historical document Charlie. 🇨🇦💫
Thinking of mining - I am disappointed to see that Novared changed its name in August and still has Kristi Noem listed in their management.
Thank you Charlie for helping us learn (or re -learn) so much of our history.
What did they change their name to? The fight isn't over!
NRED Intelligent Mining. It pops up when you search NovaRed. I wanted to know if she was really gone.
How ironic that name change is!
Awesome history lesson again Charlie. Thank you for republishing these exerpts from. "Cobalt".
A very famous and hard bite small town, a model for Canada , especially now in the face of the Nazi Imperialists in America. The Trump MAGA oligarchs. The Confederacy of Dunces.
Thank You Charlie for another lesson in history. Having worked in a strong union town & been a union member most of my working career, I certainly am grateful for those who led the way. Whoever says " Unions aren't needed" are those who are owners & don't want to be held accountable for fair labor practice. Corporations be damned. We need to return to strong unions or all those who are joining work force now will be run over & never helped up. !!!
We must continue the fight. It will never end, I'm afraid. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 unions 💪 💪 💪 👍👍