Bill O'Connor wrote:
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> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> writes:
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> > So worrying about pressure on him to "go slow" is not intelligible. One
> > can and often should bargain with enemies, but that is pointless given
> > the present weakness of the left -- or rather its non-existence as a
> > coherent entity. Our concern is to build a left for the years to come;
> > that is what our hope needs to be focused on. Piddling around looking
> > for how we can directly affect current policy is a dereliction of duty.
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> What about increasing union density? Do you think that the Card Check
> rule is worth pursuing at this time?
It would be nice if those who have some say in this matter would graciously for whatever reason grant that xmas wish.
Wnen you speak of "pursuing" it you imply some potential pursurer. Who? What? How? My essential argument is that _we_ (radicals) simply do not exist as a collective entity, and that as individuals our relationship to what goes on in D.C. is the same as the relationship of the crowd in the bleachers to what happens on the playing field.
What can we, as isolated individuals or small local groups not necessarily aware of each others' existence, do to constitute ourselves over the next few years as a coherent entity within which useful debate over strategy, tactics, & program can/could take place.
Carrol