Katha Pollitt writes:<<
Gar lipow points out that I strongly criticized the organized women's
movement -- NOW, for example -- for its wimpiness on welfare reform.
This is true. HOWEVER, it does not follow that those with a "class"
line did better. The labor unions were just as wimpy on welfare, with a
lot more power. Where was John Sweeney? Where IS John Sweeney? >>
But what ever gave you the idea that Sweeney is following a class line. The conservative labor movement in this country follows the very opposite, a consistent policy of class subordination to the interests of capital. Could anything be more elementary?
Dan Lazare