tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725396603205530908.post8793026069387757487..comments2022-03-29T14:56:28.819-07:00Comments on Oregon Socialist Renewal: Was Naomi Klein Wrong In Attacking Backward-Looking Union Leaders?HDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04797998577645466719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725396603205530908.post-45300570032526108932017-02-10T12:27:15.375-08:002017-02-10T12:27:15.375-08:00"There will be no effective movement against ..."There will be no effective movement against Trump that doesn't directly confront the issue of racism. It has to be front and center..."<br /><br />That's exactly right, but I know white liberals who resist that notion.<br /><br />I've been listening to The New Jim Crow on my long drives. Michelle Alexander writes, "It may be impossible to overstate the significance of race in defining the basic structure of American society." She goes on to point out that the original US Constitution was "based largely on the effort to preserve a racial caste system."<br /><br />Getting more people to recognize that and organize around that is the challenge of our time.Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275350842707067383noreply@blogger.com