Argentina General Strike: Workers Bypass Wimpy Union “Leadership”
What’s wonderful about this strike is that the population did not take its marching orders from its wimpy union leadership. The union’s idea of being militant was not to go to work – but stay off the streets. The rank-and-file had a real strike and went out on their own. Union leadership, with occasional exceptions, is part of capitalist decadence. What we need are strikes that last more than a day!
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Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.