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S. Resnick, R. Wolff (2002)
Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR
By Rick Wolff o n the Contrary t aking Over the e nterprise A New Strategy for Labor and the Left We are overdue for a new strategy. Labor and the Left are at low points in long declines. One cause has been adherence to a failed strategy. We need to acknowledge that reality and answer two linked questions. First, what part of getting into this situation was our own doing? Second, what changes in labor’s and the Left’s strategy could revive the two groups and rebuild their coali- tion into a powerful political force? To answ dem er ocracy, socialism, and communism were the first question: labor’s and the Left’s strateg alic l understood chiefly in the macro sense of attitude toward capitalism undermined bots h tate intervention. Differences among them partners and their coalition. To answer th ce oncerned the extent of those interventions second: changing their attitude toward capit(ra al-nging from regulation, to control, to state ism could, I believe, revive them significantlo y wnership of enterprises and productive in the near future. resources). With rare exceptions, the strategic orienta- In contrast, labor and the Left paid far tion of labor and the Left toward capitaliles
New Labor Forum – SAGE
Published: Feb 1, 2010
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