[lbo-talk] Stunned & Horrified

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 6 09:08:41 PST 2009


On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:44 AM, James Straub wrote:


>> But they've self-destructed over some real issues. Centralized
>> control
>> vs. rank and file democracy. Renouncing the strike as antique vs.
>> seeing it as the ultimate source of labor's (theoretical) power.
>> Cutting backroom deals that workers barely know about vs. organizing
>> openly. Seeing CEOs as your constituency vs. the working class.
>>
>> Am I wrong?
>
>
> From my vantage point, which is pretty up close, I'd say you're 25%
> correct and 75% wrong.

Hmm, well I've been talking to people with similarly close vantage points, and to them I'm 100% right. So what's right & wrong in your account?

Doug



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