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Sep 19·edited Sep 19Liked by Eric Blanc

Brilliant as always. I have b

een saying a lot of this for years.

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It would be interesting to read a critique of the IWW and their tactics from you. Is that something you would be interested in doing?

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I have lots of praise and some implicit criticism of the IWW in my book (for downplaying the importance of the state as well as staffers), but don't have time to write a specific thing about them currently!

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Interesting, and thanks for the reply! What do you think of their tactic of no contracts?

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I think workers want contracts and it's good to fight for them, but that it's also crucial to do pre-majority unionism in contexts where winning a contract isn't in the cards for the short term

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