Re: Openness and Honesty in Left Politics

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

LeoCasey@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Pretending that this is not true, in the name of avoiding 'red
> baiting,' is, in my view, engaging in the type of deception which
> has haunted the work of the left in the American trade union
> movement.

My understanding is that Solidarity people are extremely coy about
revealing their affiliation, to the point where people whose names
appear on the masthead of Against the Current don't want their
membership mentioned in the context of their union work. I won't name
names, because the last time I did, I got a heated email from a Soli
person saying I was undermining the union work by mentioning this.

Doug