MA Dems Choose Unions over Big Donors

[Nathan Newman]

Actually, it is probably less about principle than that SEIU's mobilization
of their members and support is more valuable than the dollars involved.
Which is a good thing.  A tinge of principle can pass but when unions and
other progressives make themselves more valuable than the big bucks donars,
the Dem leaders will choose "principle" out of self-interest, a far more
stable way to force them to do the right thing.

Which is one more argument for mobilizing within the Dem party, since it
gets results, not only in elections but in concrete grassroots organizing,
as in this example.

-- Nathan Newman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Perelman" <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: MA Dems Choose Unions over Big Donors

This article is extraordinary.  Imagine, a Demo. organization choosing
principle over $$$.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu