The Russian revolution was foremost a peasant revolution. you can't have those in the West.
The Bolsheviks won by adopting the platform of the social revolutionarys and actually carrying it out. They gave the peasants the Tsars, nobels, churches land to make their (petit bouge) dreams come true. Then years later Stalin came with the big collectivisation stick and still had to allow private plots. Cruschtschow lost much of his public support by trying to complete collectivisation and take away the private plots.
Honestly, I think unions like the IBEW and Teamsters/Longshoremen are going to end up gaining a lot more bargaining power in the coming years. Maybe not those groups specifically, but something that arises from those worker orgs. Texas really showed how fucking unprepared we are for abnormal weather conditions and as the grid starts failing more often and delivery/shipping infrastructure rots, those groups will have real revolutionary potential being the only ones able to keep the lights on and get people what they need.
That or a mass movement of precariat Amazon/Uber workers. I don't think these movements will be socialist per-se, but they'll pave the way for something.
Yeah, but they still have a huge presence in transportation. There's a reason I added the "or something that comes from these unions". Teamster locals can actually be pretty great. Ours does open organizer training and has helped out with some organizing efforts by the IWW.
Not all teamsters are the same and there's definitely a more radical contingent in the younger members.
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The Russian revolution was foremost a peasant revolution. you can't have those in the West.
The Bolsheviks won by adopting the platform of the social revolutionarys and actually carrying it out. They gave the peasants the Tsars, nobels, churches land to make their (petit bouge) dreams come true. Then years later Stalin came with the big collectivisation stick and still had to allow private plots. Cruschtschow lost much of his public support by trying to complete collectivisation and take away the private plots.
Honestly, I think unions like the IBEW and Teamsters/Longshoremen are going to end up gaining a lot more bargaining power in the coming years. Maybe not those groups specifically, but something that arises from those worker orgs. Texas really showed how fucking unprepared we are for abnormal weather conditions and as the grid starts failing more often and delivery/shipping infrastructure rots, those groups will have real revolutionary potential being the only ones able to keep the lights on and get people what they need.
That or a mass movement of precariat Amazon/Uber workers. I don't think these movements will be socialist per-se, but they'll pave the way for something.
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Yeah, but they still have a huge presence in transportation. There's a reason I added the "or something that comes from these unions". Teamster locals can actually be pretty great. Ours does open organizer training and has helped out with some organizing efforts by the IWW.
Not all teamsters are the same and there's definitely a more radical contingent in the younger members.