[PEN-L:4686] Re: Labor Party

[MScoleman@xxxxxxx]

Laurie raises a very good criticism about getting rid of the image that the
working class is always pro-war.  In fact, I think that as much of the
working class was anti-war as pro-war during Vietnam.  Didn't the UAW come
out as one of the few large unions on record opposed to the Vietnam War at
one point?

A more appropriate image would be that there is no agreement within the
working class on war and military issues.  When I was hired where I am in the
late 70s, there were guys I worked with still having daily arguments about
both Vietnam and Korea.  Alot of the vets I worked with were anti-war
themselves.  During Desert Storm, a few of the men I work with were all rah,
rah.  But, a surprising number publically stated that they were opposed --
especially those men with sons in their teens.

maggie coleman mscoleman@xxxxxxx