[lbo-talk] Jobless Workers Look to Shift Elections

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Marv Gandall
I've read about scattered local actions over the past three years,
frequently in black neighbourhoods, but has anything even remotely
resembling the forms of struggle in the 30's by the unemployed and the
evicted (national organizations, conferences, marches) appeared
anywhere in the US over the past three years? An affirmative answer
would surprise me, since there are no longer any significant left-wing
organizations rooted in the working class capable of catalyzing and
giving shape to sustained national protest as the CP did in such
exemplary fashion in the early years of the Depression.

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CB: You are right, Marv.

The item that SA posted on unemployed doing a little self-organization
using the internet ("The Unemployed, Organized Online")  seemed like a
possible seed of a 21st Century version of the 30's efforts.

The new President of the UAW, Bob King, said that the union will take
up "social justice" issues again.  http://www.uaw.org/node/2323

"UAW President Bob King
Bob King was elected UAW president on June 16, 2010, by delegates at
the UAW's 35th Constitutional Convention in Detroit.

King, who is known for his activism and passionate beliefs in social
and economic justice, served three terms as a UAW vice president. In
his last term as vice president, he directed the Ford, Severstal, and
Competitive Shops/Independents, Parts and Suppliers (IPS) departments.
"

"Bob King, ‘Mobilizing for Justice’ team elected to lead UAW"

http://www.uaw.org/convention/articles/bob-king-%E2%80%98mobilizing-justice%E2%80%99-team-elected-lead-uaw

Hope springs eternal in the human breast ?