> Various list members make the needed point here every so often, but
> I think it needs constant reiteration. *The 1970s*, NOT the *1980s*.
> Just as the Truman Era is misnamed the McCarthy Era, the Carter
> Era has been consistently mislabeled the Reagan Era. Both the Cold
> War and the current War against the Working Class have been
> essentially projects of the Democratic Party. Progress for the Working
> Class (even in respect to more or less minimal reforms) requires
> the destruction of the Democratic Party.
> Carrol
ain't above the truth...
Post-WW2 liberal Dems achieved rapproachment with Dixiecrats for a time
following Truman's 1948 civil rights proposal and they mended fences
with organized labor (low 1946 voter turnout among workers frustrated
with Truman was decisive factor in Reps winning both congressinal
houses) after Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley, making labor leadership
'junior' partner in Cold War liberalism.
But liberal Dems broke decisively with the left as Truman ordered Justice
Dept. prosecutions under Smith Act (CP had failed to condemn 1941 use of
said legislation against Trotskyists) and Internal Security Act. He
also issued executive order 9835 requiring tens of thousands of federal
employees to appear before loyalty boards.
As for Carter (New Democrat before term was coined), his administration
meant Paul Volcker & monetarism, limited access for civil rights &
labor organizations, jettisoned full employment & national health
insurance policies, MX missle promotion, provocative retargeting
of nuclear weapons... Michael Hoover
