> From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >Most unions were formed when people were working six
> >days a week, 10-12 hours a day.
>
> This is an interesting point. Joel Rogers explains the marketing-inspired
> nature of the New Party's platform and organizational stragegy ("pick a few
> simple points, four or five, stay on message, etc.") as a response to the
> fact that people today work too much and don't have the time for
> "traditional" politics. But I'd guess that it'd be hard to find too many
> people working 60-72 hour weeks in 1997.
Whether people are working long hours or not, there's a lot to be
said for focus and economy of expression in politics, especially
given the state of fragmentation on the left, something you alluded
to yourself. You don't have to make reference to marketing theory.
Tersely,
MBS
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