On this day in 1921, the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the local port, forming a workers' soviet until negotiations could be resolved.
The Cork Harbour Strike was a labor dispute that lasted from September 2nd to September 7th, 1921. It was the result of the refusal of the Cork Harbor Board to increase the wages of its workers to a minimum of 70s a week.
On September 6th, 1921, the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the port.
According to the New York Times, "when the strikers took possession of the Harbour Board offices, they hoisted a red flag as a token of Soviet control and the strikers' leaders announced their intention of collecting dues from shipping agents and using them to pay members of the union."
The rebellion was short-lived, however, as negotiations between the Harbour Board and the strikers were reopened soon after, which came to a successful resolution. The revolt was not well-taken in the press.
The Irish Times wrote "To-day Irish Labour is permeated with a spirit of revolt against all the principles and conventions of ordered society. The country's lawless state in recent months is partly responsible for this sinister development, and the wild teachings of the Russian Revolution have fallen on willing ears."
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I watched Mad God.
"It has no story"
The story, the message, the metaphors within are so exceedingly obvious the movie is practically slapping you in the face. It's so filled and brimming with story that people thinking the movie is solely about set-pieces and has nothing to say is so obviously a product of Americas complete lack of media literacy and inability to parse what they watch.
The movie could not be more obvious what it was about or what it was trying to say.
Is it like starship troopers where people will do a "critical reevaluation" in 20 years, but literally the only people who shouldn't have gotten the message are children?
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Also, it's awesome.
so what's it about and what is it trying to say
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I don't know that it is fair to call that story. it isn't a narrative. It is good. I super liked it. if you want to see a story and set out to watch it though, you will have a bad time.
That's fair, it's just not an artistic criticism. Ulysses doesn't really have a narrative structure, either.