Why Did Unions and the WFP Oppose Last Night's Electoral Breakthroughs in NYC?
Eric Blanc
It’s important to push back when union and non-profit leaders claim to be the only legitimate political spokespeople for the multiracial working class; if that were true, Tuesday’s elections would not have gone the way they did. But none of our organizations are anywhere close to being as deeply rooted in the class as we need to be. After decades of neoliberal atomization, union busting, and the fraying of working people’s social fabric, this should be no surprise.
It’s true that Zohran and democratic socialist ideas are very popular. And it’s true that DSA meetings (especially over the past 18 months) are much more racially diverse than smears against us would suggest. But democratic socialism’s organized roots in workplaces and working-class neighborhoods do remain alarmingly thin. Getting votes and building sustainable on-the-ground power are not the same thing.
https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/unions-and-the-working-families-party?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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