Why no American Labor?
Watching the US presidential elections is a dispiriting experience for socialists. American workers are once again forced to choose between a capitalist Democratic party, firmly tied to the ruling class and over which the trade unions have no control, and a Republican party that is even worse. In most developed capitalist societies, major parties based on trade unions — however reformist, uninspiring or however treacherous their role — have emerged. But in the US, this has never happened. Why not? Some put it down to Americans being inherently right-wing, anti-socialist by nature. The American...