Revolutionary role of unions

[Mark Rickling]

From: Chuck Munson <chuck at tao.ca>
> Having said that, I, Chuck Munson, have not repudiated unions. Again,
> words are being put in my mouth. Unions are indeed useful for many working
> people, as they provide much-needed basic services in an era of of
> privatization and cuts in social spending. This isn't what we're arguing
> about. Like many anarchists, I'm very hostile towards big unions, for
> solid pragmatic and political reasons.

Yesterday you were arguing that capitalism needed the existing labor
movement to pacify the working class. Today you've seemingly abandoned that
sweeping claim for the sophisticated piece of analysis "Big Labor bad; small
labor good." What's the punch line for tomorrow's joke?

mark