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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Failure in Wisconsin
We have to face it. 2 victories out of six tries does not cut it. No matter how much spin we hear today about going up against money, running in Republican districts, historic victories in two cases, the supporters of labor failed. What is clear, is that labor as an interest group no longer has the support of the nation. Demonizing the public sector works and this is a victory for those who believe that the public sector is our problem. The battles must be drawn differently in the future. It must be about business interests vs. public interests. It must be about poverty vs. wealth. It must be about fairness vs. inequity. This fight pitted unions against other workers and could not be successfully fought on those terms. It is a losing strategy. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?
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"You're kidding, right? Who says victory is an immediate entitlement? Really, I'm wasting my time here but I have time to kill at the moment, so why not! You likely know the answer that these 6 recalls were the only *possible* ones (of Republicans) because Wi State Reps get to serve one year before a recall is possible. So there are others that would have been removed had it been allowed. That's the next step, and it will certainly happen and have more partial victories.
As for the future of workers, I suggest that as capital has become more concentrated, more international and more powerful, it is necessary and obvious that labor must do the same or workers will become slaves forever. My only question is can labor be effective on the international level, or does it have to fight and win locally and coordinate more largely as I suspect - just as Canada won single payer health care, just as how the U.S. will likely get it, by doing it "locally" first."