Philly, East Helena, and Randolph County

David Sirota has a piece in The Philadelphia Daily News entitled "Workers on the Slag Heap of History" that is relevant for our area. He writes,

... But today, in America, the richest country on earth, the gates of many towns welcome visitors with abandoned factories. And the communities these factories flank tell you more about what's really destroying America than any Wall Street analyst or Washington policy wonk ever could. ...

So, while East Helena, its rotting Asarco plant and its mistreated retirees may seem far away or isolated, the town's tale is not as distant as you think.

Unless our government starts outlawing these heists and forcing profitable multinationals to fulfill their promises to workers, East Helena's story may soon be coming to a community near you.

Federal leadership is required to avoid globalism and corporate greed from having drastic consequences. Peace ... or War!