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These are certainly significant changes and it's no accident that these reflect international trends, but I'm not sure how they "greatly altered balance of forces between capital and labour." In the case of the U.S., the political parties basically obtain legitimacy for ruling class interests by recasting them into something that enough participating voters can buy or, at least, buy in preference to what seems to them to be a worse alternative. It might be argued, perhaps, that the stronger labor movement we used to have in this country meant that Democratic party's need to mediate constituted a brake of sorts on how blatantly it pursued a capitalist agenda. But it always pursued that agenda. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the changing balance of forces between capital and labour contributed to these political party shifts, no? Solidarity! Mark L. _________________________________________________________ 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
