[lbo-talk] Re: further adventures in political surrealism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 16 11:51:27 PST 2006


Nathan Newman wrote:


>And the history of the drop in support for unions in the public mind was not
>some gradual process. It was tied to the rightwing attack on unions by the
>McClellan Committee in 57 and 58, with pro-union sentiment dropping from 76%
>before the hearings to just 50% afterwards. The destruction of union
>support with the rhetoric of "corruption" was a deliberate and successful
>campaign by the rightwing to destroy the union movement. You can argue
>that the failures of the labor movement left them open to the attack, but
>then you are accepting that the success of every other rightwing smear from
>McCarthyism to post-911 attacks on civil liberties won on its merits.

Man, is this the kind of reasoning you get with a Berkeley PhD and a Yale law degree? Nathan, that makes no sense at all.

Hope to see you at Fitch's book event on Monday evening.

Doug



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