Back in the 1980's when the Poles were striking to save the Gdansk shipyards our government and our press were all about the right of workers in Poland to form independent unions free of government control.

So years have passed - the Iron Curtain fell, Poland is now a free market Catholic paradise and the unions and shipyards are mostly gone.

Meanwhile Keith Bradsher reports in the NY Times about workers at a Honda parts plant in China who are striking for higher wages and their fight to form - guess what - a labor union free of government control.

Wonks Anonymous awaits the outcry from our betters. Perhaps he should get his hearing checked?