it's heating up

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 07:46 PM 10/25/00 +0000, Justin wrote:
>did not start out from a Trot "plague on both your houses" point of view. My 
>own conclusion is that a plague on both their houses is right. Third parties 
>are just platforms to raise a fuss; the real action is in mass movements, 
>and to hell with the Dems--they say the same about us, except when the vote 
>is close. --jks

True, but the organization of economy and society that made mass movements
possible in the past does not exist anymore.  Mobilizing 10 thousand
workers is much easier when they work for the same plant and live in the
same neighborhood than when they work for a myriad of smaller firms and
live apart in the suburban wasteland.

Mobilizing mass movement today requires much more networkig and
organzational resources, which in turn requires cutting deals and
compromising.  There will be no mass movement without a social base and
organziational resources, and that requires some degree of cooperation with
the existing political structures.

wojtek