Hey @whatisleftpod @MoustacheClubUS what do y'all think of anarchist orgs that take a "building worker power from below" stance? (thinking of groups like Black Rose/Rosa Negra etc)
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That's kinda where I was leaning, I think it makes sense. Sure, it's possible to build power to get things like better wages and vacation, but I just cannot see the payoff of a non-electoral mass labor movement that is so thoroughly committed to an abolitionist etc platform
that is correct. i have watched workers self-organize -- watch in the professional sense -- to fix issues with their overtime, commuting pay, etc. that was bottom-up work. small adjustments like this are possible. but an "abolish it" / "general strike" platform...no.
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also, when workers have organized from the bottom up to redress grievances, i can tell you...these workers were not "pals." they were not in agreement in re ideology, etc. they had a shared goal but not a shared language. the latter is far far harder to "teach"
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I mean, this is what Marx has in mind when he talks about working class tendency towards solidarity right? Common aims, common struggle etc. But now that the language difference is so entrenched, articulating a common goal seems impossible.
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