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Because by the 1970s, Capital was a fully globalized force whose political projects exceeded the power of individual nation state’s ability to resist them. Only
by knuththetruth 8y ago
Because by the 1970s, Capital was a fully globalized force whose political projects exceeded the power of individual nation state’s ability to resist them. Only transnational labor solidarity has comparable power, which is something that Capital owners had specifically sought to (and succeeded at) undermining in the context of the Cold War.
- randomdata 8y agoBy transnational you mean American? There are plenty of countries where unionization and labour solidarity remains strong even today. And, if so, what is special about the American workforce in particular that they have such an effect on the entire world?
- knuththetruth 8y agoIt’s not what’s so special about the American workforce, but what’s so special about American Capital. And the answer to that is that standing behind their demands is a massive, belligerent, military empire, with a long history of toppling or refusing to defend countries that don’t play along.
- randomdata 8y agoHow, then, was the, relatively insignificant in the grand scheme of things, unionization movement in the USA able to stand up to that powerful capital?