[lbo-talk] GM-UAW agreement

[Lenin's Tomb]

On 9/26/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> It is a serious question, one to which I don't know the answer. And
> your answer is so at odds with the state of political consciousness
> and organization in the U.S. that it never leaves the realm of
> fantasy. I just posted an article on how miners in Utah are arguing
> against tighter safety regulations. That is the state of political
> consciousness in the U.S. today. C'mon over and help us out.

I appreciate the point, and notice that I am not moralising about it
("betrayal" and so on).  I am saying that the deal is actually fairly poor,
and we have to see it for what it is.  The only way that workers in America
will get a better deal is if they recover traditions of mass solidarity and
combativity that have long been submerged and destroyed by, I dunno,
anticommunism, FBI subversion, and cooptation.  It can happen, I'm sure.
But don't think I'm coming over there to bang my head against that wall in
person.