I'll just note that one big way unions like the AFL-CIO checked the power of left-wing intellectuals on the Democratic party by rabidly supporting the Vietnam War.pic.twitter.com/ruV2dz9jPL
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Yes - exactly. Or, more accurately, Taft-Hartley was a trade between US government and mainstream unions to trade labor peace (-> non-radicalism) for recognition.
there was a good period with real labor power after the purging of the commies but it's hard to argue that the long-term effect wasn't pretty awful
There has never been any purging of anything labor, be it safety regulations or leadership, that Matty would not support
Yglesias supports people getting mad at him
It was expulsion of Communist dominated unions who had gone against CIO in opposing Truman in 1948 election, not left unions in some generic way. Unions with Socialist leadership were not expelled. It is also quite a stretch to make it about "left-wing intellectuals."
Lane Kirkland was all for aid to the Contras as well
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