On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, dave.walters@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Jul 23, 1:45 pm, stephen <srdiam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> The Lambertistes think the SWP's failure to fight seriously for a U.S.
>> labor party was a root cause of its sectoralism in the 60s and its
>> ultimate degeneration in the late 70's (not the middle 70s, as I had
>> posted). What is a serious fight for a labor party?
>
> I didn't answer that last question. It means actually finding
> sup****ters for a Labor Party, especially in the unions, and actually
> organizing committees, PACs, etc that would function *as a labor
> party* and organize for local, state and a national labor party based
> on the unions and their allies. It means jumping on any movement for
> independent political action, period, and steering this toward
> activists in the unions to build a workers party.
>
> D.
>
Ditto that, although I wouldn't restrict such work to unionists as
such, you'd also want to bring in black community and immigrant
rights groups etc. But without a solid union backbone it's not
meaningful.
It's just not really on the agenda right now, especially with
Obamamania rampant among unionists. Perhaps that could change with the
mounting economic crisis, which Obama will not do anything useful for
working people about, after he is elected.
-jh-
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