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http://prospect.org/article/turning-march-movement Obviously I disagree completely with the authors' call to get organized in order to change the Democratic Party. But the picture they paint of the almost total absence of mass organizations as mobilizers and participants in Saturday's women's marches is the most detailed I've seen (and it totally fits what I saw in NY), and should be a wake-up call to members of unions, immigrants' rights groups, BLM, climate change and of course women's groups (as well as genuine antiwar/solidarity forces). Certainly there are groups in each of those categories who know how to turn this momentum into organizing in and across sectors. And certainly there are others who will be inspired to organize where there is nothing now. Personally I believe that among the leaders in this organizing process will be militants in the "care" sector - health, education, childcare, etc. - whose workers and service recipients embody the intersectionality of today's working class and whose coworkers and community members have a material interest in building and uniting the new movements and reviving the old. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
