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<blockquote data-quote="NJ package handler" data-source="post: 423306" data-attributes="member: 18724"><p>You didn't need to do that. It's an open letter from a group of workers setting about to form a Workers Alliance as an alternative to the Republicrats. Its says so right at the end.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what you googled. I googled it and found it posted in a few craigslist pages, one in Manhattan and one in Seattle. Maybe that's what you mean? Anyway, it's hardly relevant. The more workers around the country that see the need to have our own party the better, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The call is to form a Workers Alliance. Why would that come from the "intelligentsia?" I've joined an email list and everyone I've heard from so far is a fellow worker. I was originally sent this message by a cousin in Western Pennsylvania. </p><p></p><p>Noam Chomsky is a good critic of foreign policy and the corporate media.. that's about it. He's no worker. He says himself that he doesn't get involved in workers' struggles or anything to do with our class. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The point is to change it.</p><p></p><p>If you saw an old lady being beaten in the street would you say "it is what it is," and keep on walking?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, once again, the point is not just to figure out how things work.. the point is to change things!</p><p></p><p>I sent an email and I was invited to join an email list. I joined it and so far so good. There are plans to set up an internal bulletin and a publication, and discussions leading to a founding conference in the near future. </p><p></p><p>I'm for it. Workers need our own party. Almost every other country in the world has one. I don't think it's a coincidence that in the countries of Europe with workers' parties, workers have better benefits, work shorter hours, and have more rights.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For one, Obama is not going to do any redistribution of wealth. He's simply going to make some adjustments to the tax system to help slighty ease the widening social chasm in the U.S. That's always been a <em>tactical </em>difference between the Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans go full steam ahead, and the Democrats act with some tact. The Republicans are open about screwing workers over, and the Democrats smile in our faces then stab us in the back.</p><p></p><p>Second, a <strong>real</strong> redistribution of wealth would benefit 80%+ of the population in America, a.k.a. the working class. That's because the bottom 80% (that's us!!) control only 16% of the wealth! That's despite the fact that we <strong>do all the work</strong>. And that gap has continually widened over the years. It's only going to get worse.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There have been several throughout history, including here in America (like the one that co-opted by the Democrats, but which is still in existance in Minnesota). </p><p></p><p>Most countries in the world today have a workers' party of some sort. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We do live in capitalism. That's not debated by anyone with even a basic grasp on economics. Hell, even Bush knows it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Naomi Wolf is a liberal. Liberals are just another wing of the bosses' political system. She simply wants to give the rule of profit a "more human" and "democratic" face. I want something different all together. We need to run society ourselves, as workers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NJ package handler, post: 423306, member: 18724"] You didn't need to do that. It's an open letter from a group of workers setting about to form a Workers Alliance as an alternative to the Republicrats. Its says so right at the end. I'm not sure what you googled. I googled it and found it posted in a few craigslist pages, one in Manhattan and one in Seattle. Maybe that's what you mean? Anyway, it's hardly relevant. The more workers around the country that see the need to have our own party the better, in my opinion. The call is to form a Workers Alliance. Why would that come from the "intelligentsia?" I've joined an email list and everyone I've heard from so far is a fellow worker. I was originally sent this message by a cousin in Western Pennsylvania. Noam Chomsky is a good critic of foreign policy and the corporate media.. that's about it. He's no worker. He says himself that he doesn't get involved in workers' struggles or anything to do with our class. [I][/I] The point is to change it. If you saw an old lady being beaten in the street would you say "it is what it is," and keep on walking? Yeah, once again, the point is not just to figure out how things work.. the point is to change things! I sent an email and I was invited to join an email list. I joined it and so far so good. There are plans to set up an internal bulletin and a publication, and discussions leading to a founding conference in the near future. I'm for it. Workers need our own party. Almost every other country in the world has one. I don't think it's a coincidence that in the countries of Europe with workers' parties, workers have better benefits, work shorter hours, and have more rights. For one, Obama is not going to do any redistribution of wealth. He's simply going to make some adjustments to the tax system to help slighty ease the widening social chasm in the U.S. That's always been a [I]tactical [/I]difference between the Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans go full steam ahead, and the Democrats act with some tact. The Republicans are open about screwing workers over, and the Democrats smile in our faces then stab us in the back. Second, a [B]real[/B] redistribution of wealth would benefit 80%+ of the population in America, a.k.a. the working class. That's because the bottom 80% (that's us!!) control only 16% of the wealth! That's despite the fact that we [B]do all the work[/B]. And that gap has continually widened over the years. It's only going to get worse. There have been several throughout history, including here in America (like the one that co-opted by the Democrats, but which is still in existance in Minnesota). Most countries in the world today have a workers' party of some sort. We do live in capitalism. That's not debated by anyone with even a basic grasp on economics. Hell, even Bush knows it. Naomi Wolf is a liberal. Liberals are just another wing of the bosses' political system. She simply wants to give the rule of profit a "more human" and "democratic" face. I want something different all together. We need to run society ourselves, as workers. [/QUOTE]
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