So, if not unions...

[Chuck Munson]

Dddddd0814 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/7/2 5:46:51 PM, you wrote:
> 
> >Chuck, do you want unions to be replaced by consensus-based affinity
> >groups?  And is that how the productive apparatus of society should be
> >run?
> >
> >-- Shane
> 
> Good question, Shane. Chuck, with his anarcho-cynicist criticism of unions
> and labor movements in general, seemed to deny that he needed to come up with
> any alternatives at all, let alone flesh out a program of action. Other than
> his abstract mention of "the alternatives" without any further qualification,
> coupled with vague sloganeering about "Worker's Power," he seems to be
> willing to let laborers languish in declining employment and erosive work
> conditions. I, too, await his response.

Oh, fuck this discussion. Once again, you are putting words into my mouth.

Did I argue that "laborers languish in declining employment and erosive
work conditions?"

Nope.

Do I have some alternatives? Sure. But I want to hear what other people
think.

How would you organize workers differently? How would you organize them to
fight capitalism in the 21st century?

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