Readers of this email list will probably know that under the guidance of the "reform" president of the Teamsters Union Sean O'Brien, that union leadership has declined to endorse any candidate for president. Some on the left are celebrating this as a positive step. They are sticking their heads in the sand; it is a concession to the Trump supporters in that union. A retired UPS worker wrote this piece on it.
The Teamsters sad state of affairs under Sean O'Brien <https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/09/21/the-teamsters-sad-state-of-affairs-under-sean-obrien/> Members of this list denounce my support for voting against Trump, which can only mean voting for Harris. No, voting for Stein or West is not a vote against Trump as those two candidates themselves even in effect admit, since they only attack Harris. Those same ones on this list of course ignore the fact that the administrators of this list platform "national experts" on labor who not only support Harris in this election, they support the unions' long term ties to the Democrats. Nothing wrong with platforming such "national experts", so long as one puts on the platform a speaker who will oppose their bureaucratic reformism, including their advocacy for labor being tied to the Democrats. But the administrators of this list made sure not to do that. Those same administrators - who speak up oh-so strongly against the Democrats in left echo chambers like this one - but are silent as a churchmouse on the issue when confronted with these "national experts". And the oh-so-revolutionary "Marxists" on this list ignore that silence. Why? Because they would do the exact same thing themselves, if they ever dared venture outside their safe little "revolutionary" echo chamber. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32496): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32496 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108586944/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
