tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post3918392978673471761..comments2024-03-09T10:17:03.382+00:00Comments on John Molyneux: Marxism and Trade UnionismJohn Molyneuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505576725875193235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-90000501384876919412012-04-19T09:42:31.012+00:002012-04-19T09:42:31.012+00:00Excellent piece.
You know I think this should be ...Excellent piece.<br /><br />You know I think this should be expanded into a book.<br /><br />Cliff's book about the trade union bureaucracy and the 1926 general strike in the uk was excellent but what we need now is:<br /><br />A) a book that looks at the history of the trade union bureacracy from its inception in the Uk;this would need to have an international dimension to be of any value.<br /><br />B) Finally a look at the trade union bureaucracy since the 1990s in particular.Especially as regards it's possible behaviour in the current crisis whih looks like it will turn to be the worst yet in capitalism's history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-23059751095593573192012-04-15T11:22:12.833+00:002012-04-15T11:22:12.833+00:00An enjoyable read John. Two points occur, the fir...An enjoyable read John. Two points occur, the first is do you envisage trade unions having a significant role after social revolution when workers are controlling society via their own political Party?<br /><br />The second is, Arthur Scargill the former miners leader in the UK seems to represent a break with the tradition of trade union leaders selling out. How do such figures fit into the general critique that you present?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-26652490451872574362012-04-11T13:47:19.769+00:002012-04-11T13:47:19.769+00:00Good piece especially at this time when so many yo...Good piece especially at this time when so many young workers have very little experience of collective forms of organisation. Trade Unions wherever organised helps to break that sense of isolation and fragmentation so beloved by the bourgeoise.Dave Tnoreply@blogger.com