Re: labor party

[dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx (Doug Henwood)]

At 8:58 PM 7/23/96, James F. Miller wrote:

>I argued that if any of the radicals in the "labor
>party" tried to make something of the party other than
>what the bureaucrats wanted, the union officials would
>just chuck them out, because the party belongs to the
>union officials.

For what it's worth, Labor Party loyalists say the reason the Buffalo
chapter's charter was rescinded was because it was endorsing candidates for
elective office, a violation of the founding convention's guidelines.

It's odd to see an enthusiastic defender of a party line having a problem
with this.

Doug

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