Re: [Marxism] Former Shanghai CP chief sentenced for corruption

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The new law's passage was not attributed to "militant trade union
action" according to the article Louis posted. Apparently there is
no disagreement on the origins of this particular law, one which 
FAVORS the Chinese proletariat. We'll see over time what actually
occurs in practice, but the new law seems quite positive, right?


Walter Lippmann
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Walter Lippmann wrote:
> In addition to the news of more power for Chinese workers, which
> came about by GOVERNMENT decisiosn, not mainly due to militant
> trade union action, may signify that the PRC's government thinks
> it has gone too far in allowing private business an unrestricted
> ability to get away with what they want.

I have no idea what Walter means by "militant trade union action" since
the only trade union in China is run by the government. That being said, 
there have been workers struggles for much of the past decade since 
China's period of "primitive accumulation" began. 

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     WALTER LIPPMANN
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     Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
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