[lbo-talk] blog post: radical labor education, part 5: a new labor movement?

[Dissenting Wren]

Just heard from a comrade in Chicago Soli that protesters have overwhelmed the 
police at the WI State Capitol and the occupation is back on.  This can be a 
temporary tactical focus while other strategies are developed.  Yves Smith over 
at Naked Capitalism released a WI state memo demonstrating fiscal impact of the 
bill that was just passed, so no doubt there will be court challenges to the 
bill.  No doubt recall campaigns will proceed as well.  Sustaining a public, 
militant presence is going to be trickier.  At Tahrir Square there was a simple, 
direct demand that kept the demonstrations focused.  In WI up until now there 
has been a similar focus.  But with the bill now passed, what focuses the street 
presence and keeps up the pressure?

----- Original Message ----
From: Chuck Grimes <c123grimes at att.net>
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 9:35:58 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] blog post: radical labor education, part 5: a new labor 
movement?


> On Mar 9, 2011, at 8:29 PM, jam wrote:
> 
>> I tried send an alert to the list earlier but I'm not sure it went through -
>> my messages seem to work when I send them as replies...so:
> 
> It did get through. Not a surprise really, but shitty news.

Next move, on strike shut it down. Continue the occupation, continue
the 14 in Illionis, now move to paralize the state government and economy. The 
legislature can repeal Magna Carta, established the
supreme fascist leader, Uber Gruppen Fuhrer Valker, whatever. It is meaningless, 
if the mass on the ground makes it meaningless.

You saw how it was to be done in Cairo, in Tahrir. We are with you, and we are 
not small. I can feel it in my bones, in my soul. We are vast. They
have no idea what they have fucked with.

Meanwhile work on the legal angle to put an injunction on the law. By whatever 
means necessary!

In solidarity,

CG

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