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• Left-wing union violence continues to increase in America
• Terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra gains support in Syria after U.S. designation
• France urges immediate military intervention in Mali
• North Korea launches long-range rocket

Left-wing union violence continues to increase in America

Steven Crowder (L) slugged in the face by union supporter on Tuesday (Fox News)

A legislative battle in Michigan over “right to work” labor laws,which unions oppose, has led to calls for violence from unionofficials and one of their legislative supporters, and actual violenceby union supporters.

Fox News contributor Steven Crowder was punched in the face by apro-union protester, breaking one of his teeth, while anotherpro-union protester shouted “get the f— out of my face!”

Democratic representative Doug Geiss said:

“We’re going to pass something that will undo 100years of labor relations and there will be blood, there will berepercussions, we will re-live the battle of theoverpass.”

The “battle of the overpass” refers to a bloody 1937 confrontationbetween union organizers and Ford security guards. Terry O’Sullivan,general president of the Labor International Union of North Americathreatened supporters of the labor legislation: “We are going to takeyou on and take you out.”

The latter is reminiscent of the the call to violence and war againstthe Tea Party last year by Teamsters president James Hoffa, when heintroduced President Obama by saying: “We are ready to march. Let’s take these sons of bitchesout and give America back to an America where we belong.” Hoffa’scall to violence was, in fact, heeded two weeks later by hundreds ofmembers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union members(ILWU) labor union, who violently attacked guards protecting anon-union grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington state.

In my opinion, the first important call for left-wing violence beganwith the 2006 Hollywood film “Death of a President” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853096/, which seemed to me to havethe purpose of inciting violence against President Bush. AfterPresident Obama was elected in 2008, mainstream news commentators suchas CNN’s David Gergen and Anderson Cooper were inciting violenceagainst Tea Partiers by referring to them with the epithet

Left-wing violence in America has been sporadic, though there has beena lot more in Europe, where it’s triggered countervailing right-wingviolence, particularly in Greece. In this generational Crisis era, wecan expect this kind of violence to continue growing. CBS News (Detroit) and Fox News

Terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra gains support in Syria after U.S. designation

The group Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian wing of al-Qaeda in Iraq, hasbeen designated as a foreign terrorist organization, as we’vepreviously reported. Thedesignation has generated a fresh wave of support for Jabhat Al-Nusra,which has been credited with executing numerous sophisticated attacksagainst the Syrian regime and playing a crucial role in weakening thelatter. Syrian opposition websites and online campaigns on Facebookand Twitter have called on the public to take part in support ralliesfor Jabhat Al-Nusra to be held this coming Friday, under the sloganAt the same time, the designation has also generated increasedanti-U.S. sentiment among Syrians. Memri

France urges immediate military intervention in Mali

France has urged rapid foreign military intervention in Mali after thecountry’s prime minister, Cheikh Modibo Diarra, was arrested andordered to resign by the army. The northern two-thirds of Mali isunder control of al-Qaeda linked jihadist groups, and France fearsthat if an Islamist state becomes firmly entrenched there, then itwill serve as a base for terrorist attacks on Europe, especiallyFrance. However, other European countries and America are skepticalof a military intervention. Russia Today

North Korea launches long-range rocket

North Korea unexpectedly launched its long-range rocket test onWednesday morning, after having announced on Sunday that it wasextending its launch window to December 29. North Korea claims thatthe purpose of the test is to put a satellite into orbit, but it’sthought that the real purpose was to develop a nuclear weapon deliverysystem that can reach the western United States. Japan had indicatedthat it would should the missile down if it threatened Japaneseterritory, but that didn’t happen, even though the rocked passed overOkinawa. The Chosun Ilbo (Seoul)

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