tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post3731031650100460754..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: On "Humanist" MarxismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-40063267258366937872011-07-17T11:29:10.344-05:002011-07-17T11:29:10.344-05:00The AFL was always right-wing and conservative. Th...The AFL was always right-wing and conservative. This quite in line with the AFL's history in general. The CIO was formed, in part, because of the racism, conservatism and vile red-baiting that was central to the AFL. <br /><br />And I don't think we should ever be surprised that there was (and still is) racism among members of the white working class. This isn't to say that every single white working class person is, no matter how hard they try, a die-hard racist to the core. That caricature (along with the assumption that all working class persons are men wearing hard hats, etc.) has little basis in fact. But there is plenty of homophobia, sexism, and racism in some ranks of the working class. And it is the job of socialists to agitate, educate and fight against these forms of oppression.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-6817425428254360892011-07-15T19:44:23.584-05:002011-07-15T19:44:23.584-05:00What about the claim that the AFL was against Civi...What about the claim that the AFL was against Civil Rights? I know that its international branch has helped overthrow Aristide, but it doesn't even mention civil rights <a href="http://the-spark.net/csart352.html" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />I'm inclined to agree with your assessment though and wonder if J. Sakai would somehow end up siding with Walker in regards to Wisconsin laborers.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-5959491624087248492011-07-15T17:21:31.251-05:002011-07-15T17:21:31.251-05:00I skimmed the interview provided- my quick (and th...I skimmed the interview provided- my quick (and thus, slightly unfair) assessment would be that the analysis is somewhat flawed on the following point. It simply isn't true that the white working class in the US is the same as the white Rhodesian settlers. That doesn't help us understand how US capitalism actually works, nor does it help us understand what a viable politics of black liberation in the US would look like. Is there racism in teh white working class? Of course there is. But that doesn't mean that we lump together the white ruling class in the US with the white working class as equal partners in the oppression of people of color. We need a more complicated picture to get things right. I don't think a few anecdotes about how railroad workers are racist is going to cut it. There are too many examples of the white working class doing the opposite. It's not automatic- racism has to be challenged, fought, and thoroughly rooted out of the labor movement. But this settler-colonial analysis of the white working class misses the mark.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-5828984127435492702011-07-14T23:12:00.565-05:002011-07-14T23:12:00.565-05:00Hey T, I dunno if this ties into the entry, but wh...Hey T, I dunno if this ties into the entry, but what do you make of ideas like that of J. Sakai as presented here:<br />http://bermudaradical.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/when-race-burns-class-%E2%80%9Csettlers%E2%80%9D-revisited/JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-20579740049695608432011-07-13T12:49:33.989-05:002011-07-13T12:49:33.989-05:00Wow thanks for your profound remark.Wow thanks for your profound remark.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-72782429878094941172011-07-13T11:55:20.835-05:002011-07-13T11:55:20.835-05:00Don't worry. Your religion of Glossy Karlism ...Don't worry. Your religion of Glossy Karlism is intact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com