Oh God, oh shit, I said I wasn't going to do it. I said I wasn't going to start a China struggle session. Already getting flashbacks to the Discord.
But something just doesn't sit right with me and wanted to get some clarification here...
My question is this: why does China ban labor organizing/unions?
Is this yikes/intentional/actually a good thing?
(Yeah, I do know that labor unions are not always unequivocally good and sometimes they act more like middle management than as representatives of the workers... but democratizing the workplace seems like a no-brainer for any socialist project.)
Thoughts?
Solidarity was a Polish trade union
It was funded by the Cia and mi6 as well as both providing arms, weaponry and intelligence to Solidarity.
https://www.iwp.edu/articles/2019/03/17/the-cia-and-solidarity/
Solidarity attacked Polish socialism from the left promising "Socialism with a human face" and were instrumental in destroying socialism
After Solidarity destroyed socialism in Poland: Lech Walesea, the leader of Solidarity and now the president, said "a gang of jews had gotten hold of Poland."
When asked to clarify later on on this appalling antisemitism he followed up with "i didnt mean all jews just the greedy jews".
Poland, right now, is essentislly a fascist country who is repressing Communists and is trying to ban the Communist party again
The history of Solidarity should be a good enough answer as to why independent trade unions cannot be tolerated whilst capitalist-imperialism is as strong as it is