Norman SF , I too am appalled by the knee-jerk anti-americanism that far too many of our population parrot...without thinking about the facts of history. Something about Lenin's 'Usefull Idiots' comes to mind. Although I am not a fan of Tony Blair, I admire his ability to see through the obvious 'easy politics' that would have been his for the taking, and intstead stood up to the naieve sentiments of most of the UK population and his own party to do what will be seen in history as a brave, moral and principled stand. As to the subject at hand, this strike is far too reminicient of the 60's and 70's, as you so rightly pointed out. The sooner that such action is pushed out of our major industries and companies, the better. As for France....it supplies a constant source of amusement...
