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i'm looking for a reason behind the disconnect between the organic connection of the working class to the labour party and the labour party's anti-labour policies. if the disconnect isn't situated between the working class and the union bureaucracy then it must be within the working class ourselves (we don't know what's good for us) or between the union bureaucracy and the politicians. unions aren't as democratic as they might be; and union bureaucrats aren't as accountable as they might be although admittedly somewhat more accountable than Management. union bureaucrats seem to hang forever whatever benefits they may or may not bring to the membership. richard seymour wrote: At any rate, and somewhat more to the point, I wasn't solely talking about the union bureaucracy. Union members decide, ultimately, how their political fund is used; they also ultimately decide how unions vote within Labour on particular policies, leaders, etc. They have a collaborative input, from the shop floor to the conference. Of course there is room for all sorts of backroom deals, manoeuvering and sell-outs, and I certainly don't want to exaggerate the real level of democracy in trade unions, but in the *last analysis* the relationship between the Labour Party constitutes an organic connection between party and class. That this is subject to secular deterioration and may finally result in a complete severance doesn't alter the fact that in the present Labour is a party /of /the working class, based /in/ the working class. -- *Richard Seymour* Writer and blogger Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.leninology.blogspot.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leninology Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Seymour_(writer) Book: http://www.versobooks.com/books/nopqrs/s-titles/seymour_r_the_liberal_defense_of_murder.shtml ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/wrstphns%40yahoo.ca ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
