[Pen-l] The looming battle over EFCA

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Julio Huato" 


The only exit strategy that makes sense to me is a civil war within
the Democratic Party, for the control of the Democratic Party, a
struggle to win to the workers' cause the hearts and minds of the best
people in that party's constituency.

^^^
CB: Note from the vanguard to the rearguard: We just won the battle of Gettysburg in the "Civil War" in the Democratic Party.  Now is definitely not the time to _exit_, but to enter the DP.  

^^^^^


It's curious to me that you -- being as skeptical as you are of the
ability of workers in the U.S. to even entertain basic of reforms
within capitalism -- suggest that unions should consider dumping the
Democratic Party already.  That's the cart ahead of the horse. The way
I envision it, only through a protracted struggle for reforms will
workers develop the political will and strength to reform the
Democratic Party or -- if it proves to be unreformable -- to abandon
it and create a superior political formation.

^^^
CB: From the nomination and election of Obama, the DP has just reformed itself and shown itself to be highly reformable.

^^^^

Meanwhile, the threats against the DP will remain empty.  I don't
endorse what the unions do, but the unions may not be as stupid as
they may seem to outsiders.

^^^
CB: To exit the DP right now when it has just made a giant historical, progressive advance would be stupid

Sour grapes speculation and predictions that Obama won't help the unions win EFCA is pitiful and funny ( not you Julio) , and as Obama speaks out in favor of workers occupying a plant.   





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