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Pouring money into politics and hoping for power has only resulted in the AFL-CIO falling by the wayside. It’s time for unions to go back to working for the workers
For the political left in America today, the future is bright. The seriousness of inequality is now conventional wisdom. Socialism is no longer a political punchline. The popularity of unions is high. It would seem to be the best time in a half-century to revitalize the languishing labor movement. Yet with all of the political energy – and despite some high-profile successes – the labor movement as a whole still languishes. Why?
The easy answer is that a decades-long political and propaganda campaign by rightwing and business interests has produced a system of labor law increasingly tilted against workers, making it incredibly difficult to build and maintain unions in the majority of US. states. This is true. But it is also beside the point. Turning around America’s anti-union culture is a long-term project. Organizing working people is something that must happen every day, regardless, because the alternative is for humans to be crushed by the power of capital. The fish can’t stop swimming just because the water is rough.
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