On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Had the men and women who built the CIO confined themselves to legal > action the CIO would never have been built.
The CIO emerged out of a specific historical circumstance. Are you seriously suggesting that the 'Left" should blindly copy the tactics of the late 19'th-early 20'th century in this day and age? > Eventually (as Bruce Dixon has powerfully argued) 'the' left must reach > masses of people through elections -- but _first_ that "Left" must come > into existence. Electoral > activity at this time is utterly destructive. Do you even realize how obnoxiously arrogant that sounds? You just KNOW the only correct way for the "Left" to succeed! -raghu.
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