[lbo-talk] Distinguishing between Tweedledum and Tweedledee

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>That's true, Carrol, but the suggestion was that the US labour 
>movement has organic ties to the Democratic Party extending deep 
>into the rank and file which many on the left have difficulty 
>accepting, and taking into account in distinguishing between the the 
>two parties. The reported 50000 election volunteers for Kerry within 
>a single union is not insignificant, and this degree of electoral 
>mobilization is probably true of other unions and social movements 
>as well. And within the framework of electoral politics, how are 
>these SEIU members "wrong" in concluding that a Democratic 
>administration would be better disposed to the labour movement in 
>regard to legislation and regulatory appointments than the 
>Republicans, and working towards that end?
>
>Marv Gandall

Would unions get less from the Democrats if they simply worked on 
voter registration and education without endorsing any Democratic 
candidate and without making any financial contributions to the 
Democratic Party or individual DP candidates or DP front groups 
during the caucuses and primaries and the general election?

Wouldn't unions get more from the Democrats if they did the above 
while challenging the Democrats from the left?

Wouldn't unions be better off if they built up the Green Party or the 
Labor Party or whatever they like to the left of the Democratic Party 
in such "red states" as Alaska, Kansas, and Texas?
-- 
Yoshie

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