[lbo-talk] what's left

[Wojtek S]

[WS:]  In social movement literature it is called "frame bridging."  What it
means is that movement activists try to link their cause to those of other
participants.  Gay marriage may have nothing to do with capital, but if you
"bridge" their cause to a an anti-capitalist agenda and thus broaden your
anti-capitalist movement.

I think UNITEHERE used that strategy quite effectively to build support for
their unionizatioon drives.

Wojtek

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Apr 28, 2010, at 9:48 AM, brad wrote:
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>  Take gay marriage.  The left supports it because it both thinks it is
>> correct to oppose the oppression of same sex couples, but also as a means
>> to
>> build a movement and chip away at the forces of capital.
>>
>
> How does same-sex marriage undermine capital? I don't see it at all.
>
> Doug
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