…organized labor…rushes to support the party without demanding a turn…

…organized labor…rushes to support the party without demanding a turn away from corporatism toward workers’ needs. This is the logic of the lesser of two evils. It tethers labor to a relentless slide deeper into the corporate power pits year after year.

Sourced, Crashing the Party (2002)

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