Defending liberty: Nancy Oden, a committee member of the Green Party USA was detained at an airport and prevented from boarding a flight to a political meeting in Chicago, because her name showed up in a list of dissidents (presumably because of her anti-war activities), thus flagging her as a potential terrorist. Meanwhile, a Miami company has sacked one of its minimum-wage employees for having Communist sympathies.
He said Goodwill officials began asking him about his beliefs the day after the televised MDCC debate. Three days later, they told him that ``because of your views on the U.S. government, you are a disruptive force and cannot work here any longer. Get your things and go,'' Italie said.

(Perhaps he should be grateful he's not in Indonesia or somewhere, where the economically expedient means of dealing with subversive employees is to enlist the services of the local right-wing death squads.) (via Unknown News)

Posted by: TOBY | http://www.telegraphics.com.au | Tue Nov 6 01:06:15 2001

For someone holding those views, didn't it seem hypocritical to be working for a company with that "mission" (Army contracts)? I often think my own employment - which is often in service of ugly multinationals - runs against my principles... What do you do, for instance, if you are asked to work for a repugnant cause? (e.g. a Liberal Party campaign)? Resign? Refuse? There's little scope for conscientious objection - or any manifestation of conscience - in business. But I find it curious that this particular communist was happy to work for The Man.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org | Tue Nov 6 13:04:00 2001

Well, if working for a Liberal Party campaign, you could always do what Mark Mothersbaugh did with his ad jingles, and sneak in hidden messages.

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