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

[Carrol Cox]

This is pretty much pure nonsense. ALL the tremendous achievements of the
'60s were not only achieved WITHOUT "tipping the political balance" but some
of them were achieved AFTER the political balance had been tipped AGAINST
them.

The trick that makes such nonsense seem almost sensible is by manipulation
of time periods, combined with an assumption that achievements must  be
directly related to the action. A question this silly 'theory' can't answer
is: "Why was Everett Dirksen the Father of the Civil Rights Bills?

And why did Gay Rights (though still incomplete) gain under homophobic
administrations?

Carrol

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labor movement?

Just to follow up on the issue of sustainability of direct action (or
rather lack thereof:)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12701703

It seems that direct action can have the intended effect only if it
helps tipping the balance of political power, but otherwise it is
pretty much doomed.

Wojtek
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