[lbo-talk] Monthly Review on Iran (2001)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 29 15:07:54 PDT 2007


On Oct 29, 2007, at 5:28 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> Iran's labor activists will have to first get their fellow Iranians
> interested in trade union rights. Unfortunately for them, the ardent
> support of the labor wing of the empire will likely be a minus, not a
> plus, for their cause in the eyes of a majority of Iranians.

Most Americans supported the invasion of Iraq. A majority thinks that SCHIP bears the threat of socialized medicine. Hillary Clinton is likely to be our next president. So should we embrace all that just because that's what a majority of Americans think? Or are some majorities better than others?

Doug



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