The Language of US Workers Re: Antiwar Effort...

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

At 9:10 PM -0600 3/29/03, Craig Brozefsky wrote:
> However, I feel compelled to bring this up because of the failure of
> many marxist parties in the US to communicate well with workers.
> Part of that failure, IMO, is rooted in a refusal to listen to the
> language and concepts the workers are using themselves.

I agree with you, but I have a question.  Why are superficial
symbolic protestations of patriotism -- flags, anthems, the pledge of
allegiance, statements that our country is "the greatest nation,"
etc. -- more important to US workers than Japanese workers?
--
Yoshie

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