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Here are segments of a video of an important union meeting that was held in 1989. <https://oaklandsocialist.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mazzocchi.jpg> *Tony Mazzocchi of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW) speaking at a meeting of AFSCME Local 444 in favor of a labor party (in 1989).* *If this reformist union leader could understand that it was a class question, why can’t socialists?* In that year, AFSCME Local 444 in Oakland, CA, sponsored a meeting for Tony Mazzocchi, national secretary treasurer of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW) to speak on the need for a labor party in the US. Mazzocchi later said that the success of that meeting and a similar one in New York was what inspired him to start a national organization called Labor Party Advocates, later called the Labor Party. In actuality, it never became a real party and, in fact, never really got full lift off. The main reason was that Mazzocchi was unwilling to make an open break with the rest of the national union leadership. However, that meeting has some small historical importance. Also what was said at it is significant and helps give a sense of the times and how they differed from today. A video was made of that two hour meeting. We reproduce below an edited version of that video in four segments of about 15 minutes each. We are doing it that way because most people won’t watch a two hour video, but we’re putting the link to the full video here also, if anybody wants to watch it. Also, we are putting an audio-only link here for those who like podcasts at the bottom of this page. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2017/10/06/ocaws-tony-mazzocchi-and-his-campaign-for-a-labor-party-in-1989-some-lessons-for-today/ -- "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." Asata Shakur Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ 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
