Teamsters, Hoffa Jr. and Rank Opportunism On The Left

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Jul 11 20:56:33 PDT 2001



>Max Sawicky wrote:
>
>>The IBT has been aggressive on trade as well.
>>These postures don't sit well with Dem liberals
>>and free-trade marxists, respectively, but it is
>>in the tradition of populist U.S. labor.
>
>Unfortunately, yes. Demonizing Mexican truck drivers is right in
>line with Gompers going on about those evil Chinese immigrants.
>
>Yours in free-trade Marxism,
>
>Doug

Now, now. If I can euphemistically talk about "structural adjustment," surely we can keep the cloak of euphemism of Max's "aggressive on trade"?

Brad DeLong



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