Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007) - full transcript

The long memory is the most

radical idea in America

– Claire Spark Loeb

I am mashing the berries,

I am mashing the berries.

They say travelers are coming on the march,

They say travelers are coming on the march.

I stir (the berries)

around, I stir them around;

I stir (the berries)

around, I stir them around;

I take them up with a

spoon of buffalo horn,

I take them up with a

spoon of buffalo horn.

And I carry them,

I carry them (to the strangers),

And I carry them,

I carry them (to the strangers).

PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND

In memory of Anne Marbury Hutchinson

Baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire, England 20 - July - 1591

Killed by the Indians

at East Chester New York 1643

A courageous exponent

of civil liberty and religious toleration

Mary Dyer, Quaker,

Witness for religious freedom

Hanged on Boston Common 1660

"My life not availeth me in comparison

to the liberty of the truth"

The Great Swamp Fight

Three-quarters of a mile to the

southward on an island in the great swamp,

the Narragansett Indians were decisively defeated

by the United Forces of the Massachusetts Bay,

Connecticut and Plymouth colonies,

Sunday, December 19, 1675.

The Narragansett Indians were decisively MASSACRED

by the United Forces of the Massachusetts Bay,

Connecticut and Plymouth colonies.

Erected by the state of Rhode Island, 1933

After the Pilgrims' arrival,

Native Americans in New England

grew increasingly frustrated

with the English settlers'

abuse and treachery.

Metacomet (King Philip),

a son of the Wampanoag sachem

known as the

Massasoit (Ouamequin),

called upon all Native people

to unite to defend

their homelands against

encroachment.

The resulting "King Philip's War"

lasted from 1675-1676.

Metacomet was murdered in Rhode

Island in August 1676,

and his body was mutilated. His

head was impaled on a pike

and was displayed near this

site for more than 20 years.

One hand was sent to

Boston, the other to England.

Metacomet's wife and

son, along with the families

of many of the Native

American combatants,

were sold into slavery in the

West Indies

by the English victors.

In the "Miery Swamp"

100 feet W.S.W. from this

spring, according to tradition,

King Philip fell

August 12, 1670, O.S

This stone placed by

the R. I. Historical Society

December, 1877.

Unidentified site of

1770 Boston Massacre

Victims of the Boston Massacre,

March 5th 1770

were here interred by order

of the Town of Boston.

Here also lies buried the body

of Christopher Snider

Aged 12 years,

Killed February 22nd, 1770

The innocent, first victim of

the struggles between

the Colonists and the Crown,

which resulted in independence.

The Stono Rebellion, the largest

slave insurrection

in British North America, began

nearby on September 9. 1739.

About 20 Africans raided a

store near Wallace Creek,

a branch of the Stono River.

Taking guns and other weapons,

they killed two shop-keepers.

The rebels marched south

toward promised freedom in

Spanish Florida, waving flags,

beating drums, and

shouting "Liberty!"

The rebels were joined by 40

to 60 more during their

15-mile march.

They killed at least 20 whites,

but spared others.

The rebellion ended

late that afternoon when the

militia caught the rebels,

killing at least 34 of them.

Most who escaped were

captured and executed;

any forced to

join the rebels were released.

The S.C. assembly soon enacted

a harsh slave code,

in force until 1885.

Near here is the early site for

the Richmond gallows

and "Burial Ground

for Negroes."

On 10 Oct. 1800, Gabriel,

an enslaved blacksmith

from Brookfield plantation in

Henrico County, was executed

there for attempting to lead

a mass uprising

against slavery on 30 Aug. 1800.

A fierce rainstorm

delayed the insurrection, which

then was betrayed by two slaves.

Gabriel escaped and eluded

capture until 23 Sept.,

when he was arrested in Norfolk.

He was returned

to Richmond on 27 Sept.

And incarcerated in

the Virginia State Penitentiary.

On 6 Oct. he stood trial

and was condemned. At least 25

of his supporters

were also put to death there or

in other jurisdictions.

Thomas Paine 1737 - 1809

Author of 'Common Sense'

The pamphlet that stirred

the American Colonies

to independence

John Adams said:

"Without the pen of Paine

the sword of Washington would

have been wielded in vain."

Captain Shays served with the

Continental Army, and was

the leader of Shays'

Rebellion in Massachusetts.

Shays' Rebellion had a lasting

effect on the framing

of our Country's Constitution,

and history of the United States

Captain Shays was a true

patriot, who in 1814,

came to live in Scottsburg,

New York until his death.

"When I am gone

and my warnings are no longer

heeded, the graft and avarice

of the white man will prevail.

My heart fails me when I think

of my people, so soon to be

scattered and forgotten."

Patriot and Warrior

Died at Fort Moultrie

January 30, 1838

Frances Wright

Phiouepal D'Arusmont

Born Dundee Scotland

September 6, 1795,

Died in Cincinatti, Ohio

December 13, 1852

I have wedded the cause

of human improvement,

staked on it my fortune,

my reputation and my life.

Man kind is but one family

In Memory of Thomas Wilson Dorr

Son of Sullivan and Lydia Dorr

Born in Providence, Nov. 5, 1805.

Died Dec. 27, 1834.

He died in the Faith

In memoriam George Lippard

Born April 10 1822

Died Feb 5 1854

Erected to the founder

of the order

by the Brotherhood of

the Union October 12, 1885

Memory of Gen. John Brown

Who Died at

New York, Sept Yr 3 1776

in the 48 year of his Age

John Brown Born May 9, 1800,

was Executed at Charle-ton

Dec. 2. 1859

Here lies buried John Brown

Here lie buried with him

twelve of his followers

The following men of

John Brown's band escaped

but were captured and

hanged December 16, 1860

The following men of

John Brown's band escaped

Henry D. Thoreau

B. July 12, 1817, D. May 6 1882

Emma Willard 1787 - 1870

Author of the system for

the higher education of women

Edmonia G. Highgate 1844 - 1870

Teacher, Orater, Freedom Worker

She devoted the labors of her

brief life to educating

the freed slaves in the South,

and her eloquence

enlightened the North

to their plight.

"Oh how inspiring the thought

that these dear souls

are 'forever free.'"

Jermin W. Loguen

1809 - 1872

Sacred to the memory of

Sarah Moore Crimke

Born at Charleston, S.C.

20 Nov. 1792

Died at Hyde Park, Mass.

23 Dec. 1873

On this spot

Crazy Horse Ogallala Chief

was killed

Sept. 5 1877

William Lloyd Garrison

1805 - 1879

Helen Eliza Garrison 1811 - 1876

Lucretia Mott

Born 1st Mot. 3rd 1793

Died [8th?] Mo. 11th 1880

In memoriam Sojourner Truth

Ann and Wendell Phillips

D. April 24, 1885 - Feb. 2, 1884

These seven flowering pear

trees are in memory of the

seven Milwaukee citizens

killed during the struggle

for the Eight-Hour Day,

May 5, 1886

Wisconsin Labor History Society

August Spies

Adolph Fischer.

Albert R. Parsons.

Louis Lingo.

George Engel.

The day will come when

our silence will be more

powerful than the voices

you are throttling today.

This monument represents

the labor movement's

struggle for workers' right

and possesses national

significance in commemorating

the history of

the United States of America

1997 - National Park Service

United States Department

of the Interior

John Beeson

Born in England, Sept. 15, 1803,

Died Apr. 21, 1889

A Pioneer and man of Peace.

Morewood Massacre

On April 2, 1891, at the

nearby Morewood

Mines of the H.C. Frick

Coke Co., sheriff's

deputies killed seven strikers;

two more died later.

These were among

some 16,000 workers

striking for higher wages

in the coke region.

Thousands of mourners

attended the funeral

of the original seven victims

who were buried

in a mass grave in St. John's

Cemetery, Scottdale.

By late May

the strike had collapsed,

& the organising of coke workers

suffered a severe blow.

Pennsylvania Historical and

Museum Commission 2000

Those who died at Morewood on

April 2 1891 are as follows:

Paul Dohannis

Single shot in the head.

Valentine Zeidel

Single shot through the neck.

James Josef Brochto

Shot through the breast.

Jacob Shucaskey

Shot through the head.

Left a wife and five children.

John Fudora

Shot above the left eye.

Antonio Anda Rist

Shot through the head.

Crsezo Cresigner

Single shot through the breast.

Joseph Klassman of Doonnelly.

Married.

Paul Galinsky of Spring Garde.

Married, six children.

Homestead Strike

On the morning of July

6, 1892, on orders of

the Carnegie Steel Co.,

200 Pinkerton agents

attempted to land near

here; strikers, citizens

repulsed them. Seven

workers, three Pinkertons

were killed.

8,000 state militia arrived

July 12; by November

the strike was broken.

Homestead Strike Victims

In these two adjoining

cemeteries are buried

six of the seven Carnegie

Steel Company workers

killed during the "Battle of

Homestead" on July 6, 1892.

The graves of Peter Ferris,

Henry Striegel

and Thomas Weldon

are here in St. Mary's Cemetery.

The remains of John Morris,

Joseph Sotak,

and Silas Wain lie in

Homestead Cemetery.

The seventh victim, George

Rutter, is buried in Verona.

Lucy Stone

Born West Brookfield, Mass.

Theodore D. Weld

1803-1895

Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895

Harriett Jacobs

February 11 1815 - March 7, 1897

Lattimer Massacre

Near here at Harwood,

on Sept 10. 1897,

immigrant coal miners

on strike began

a march for higher wages

and equal rights.

Unarmed, they were fired upon at

Lattimer by sheriff's deputies.

Nineteen marchers...

Polish, Slovak and

Lithuanian... were killed.

The majority of the dead

were buried in St. Stanislaus

Cemetery, Hazleton.

Others were interred in St.

Joseph's & Vine Street

Cemeteries, Hazleton, and

in St. Patrick Cemetery, McAdoo.

Here on September 10, 1897,

nearly 400

immigrant coal miners

on strike were

met and fired upon by

sheriff's deputies.

Unarmed, they were marching

from Harwood to

Lattimer in support of

higher wages

and more equitable

working conditions.

Nineteen of the march-

ers were killed,

and 38 were wounded.

This was one of the most

serious acts of violence

in American labor history.

Henry George 1839-1897

The truth that I have

tried to make

clear will not find

easy acceptance.

If that could be,

it would have been

accepted long ago.

If that could be,

it would never

have been obscured.

But it will find friends -

those who

will toil for it;

suffer for it;

if need be, die for it.

This is the power of truth.

Henry George,

Progress and Poverty

Joseph Gitterle

Died in the Virden Massacre,

October 12, 1898

"Life to him was sweet,

and fair as the autumn sky,

but duty called, and, bravely,

he answered, "Aye"

E. Kaemmerer

Died in the Verden Massacre,

October 12, 1898

"He thought it better to be dead,

to die for liberty and

his friends, than to live in

bondage or just for bread."

E.W. Smith

Died in the Verden Massacre,

October 12, 1898

It was not because he loved

life less, but because he loved

his friends and freedom more,

that he gave his all.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Mother - Author - Orator

Woman Suffrage Leader

Called woman's rights convention

First in history.

Susan B. Anthony

B. February 15, 1820

"Don't iron while

the strike is hot!"

Kate Mullaney Founder of the

first all-female labor union

in the U.S.A. 1864

Frances E.W. Harper

1824 - 1911

Safe in the arms of Jesus.

Safe on his gentle breast.

Anna Lopizzo

Killed during Bread and Roses

Strike January 29, 1912

Voltairine de Cleyre 1868 - 1912

Harriet Tubman Davis

In memory of

the men, women and children

who lost their lives

in freedom's cause

at Ludlow, Colorado

April 20, 1914.

Erected by the

United Mine Workers of America

Victims of

Ludlow Massacre April 20, 1914

H. Cerlat F. Baran J. Loomey

Killed in Everett Nov. 5, 1916

Erected by the Russian Colony

Frank Little 1879 - 1917

Slain by capitalist interests

for organizing and inspiring

his fellow men

In memory of Fannie Sellins

and Joe Starzeleski

killed by the enemies

of organized labor near the

Allegheny Steel & Coal Co.

At West Natrona PA.

Erected by the United

Mine Workers of Dist. No. 5

They fell a victim to

the lust of greed;

they whose blood ran hot

with labors need

they foully murdered.

Aug, 26, 1919.

F. Sellins

1872 - 1919

J. Starzeleski

1865 - 1919

In memory of Wesley Everest

Killed Nov. 11, 1919

Age 32

Matewan Massacre

In 1920 area miners went on

strike to gain recognition

of UMWA. On May 19 of the

same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts

Agency guards came from

Bluefield to evict the miners

from company houses.

As guards left town,

they argued with town

police chief Sid Hatfield and

Mayor Testerman. Shooting of

undetermined origins resulted in

the deaths of two coal miners,

seven agents and the mayor.

None of the 19 men

indicted were convicted.

Terence Vincent Powderly

1849 - 1924

"That is the most perfect

government in which an injury

to one is the concern of all"

Eugene V. Debs

1855 - 1926

COPY OF RECORD

OF DEATH

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Date of Death:

Aug. 28, 1927

Immediate Cause of Death:

Electric Shock

Judicial Homicide

Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti

Lest we forget

At dawn on November 21, 1927,

six union miners were killed

at the Columbine mine

fighting for a living wage

and a measure of human dignity.

Five are buried here:

Mary "Mother" Jones

Born May 1, 1830

Died November 30, 1930

"She gave her life to the world

of labor, her blessed soul

to Heaven. God's finger touched

her and now she sleeps."

Barnett

Ida B. Wells

July 16, 1862 - Mar. 25, 1931

Ferdinand L.

Feb. 18, 1852 - Mar. 11, 1936

Crusaders for Justice

Curtis Williams

His life for a union

Ford Hunger March - 1932

Joe York

Joseph Bussell

Kalman J. Leny

Joe DeBlasio

His life for a union

Ford Hunger March - 1932

Martyrs - Heroes - Unionists

Shot down May 30, 1937,

Memorial Day,

at the gates of Republic

Steel Co.

While parading for the right

to organize a union,

promote industrial democracy and

to secure justice and

equality for

working men and women

everywhere.

Erected May 30, 1967

by The United Steelworkers

of America Committee

to commemorate

the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre.

Emma Goldman

June 29, 1869 - May 14, 1939

Liberty will not descend

to a people,

a people must

raise themselves to liberty.

Lucy Parsons 1859 - 1942

Anna Sosnovsky Winokour

1900-1949

Mother & Comrade

Ralph H. Chaplin - Husband

1887 - 1961

Medgar W Evers Mississippi

Tec 5 - OMC - World War II

Jul 2 1925 - Jun 12 1963

Carson

Maria McL. - 1869-1958

Carson

Rachel L. - 1907-1964

Elizabeth G. Flynn

1890-1964

"The Rebel Girl"

Fighter for working class emancipation

Lorraine Hansberry Nemiroff

1930 - 1965

I care. I care about it all. It takes

too much energy not to care...

The why of why we are here is

an intrigue for adolescents:

the how is what must command

the living.

Which is why I have lately

become an insurgent again.

Lorraine Hansberry

Hajj-Malik el Shabazz

Malcolm X.

1925 - 1965

Betty S.

1936 - 1997

There is no speech nor language,

where their voice is not heard, Ps. 19:3

A evening the dove came back

with a branch of

olive in her beak and peace after

these storms.

Paul Robeson

April 9, 1898 - Jan. 23, 1976

"The artist must elect to fight

for freedom or slavery.

I have made my choice. I had

no alternative."

Fannie Lou Hamer

October 6, 1917 - March 14, 1977

"I am sick and tired of being

sick and tired"

William L. Patterson

1890 - 1980

Eternal fighter for

civil rights and socialism

Dorothy Day

November 8. 1897 - November 29, 1980

Deo Gratias

I.F. Stone

1907 - 1989

Esther M. Stone

1908 - 2000

It is my deepest belief that

only by giving our lives

do we find life.

- Cesar Estrada Chavez

"They shall beat their

swords' into plowshares

and their spears into

pruning hooks.

One nation shall not raise the

sword against another,

nor shall they train for war again."

Isaiah 2:4

and all the others

English subtitles: Mark Rance