tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post116131372262882527..comments2023-11-03T08:25:59.048-07:00Comments on The Enlightenment Project: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12587322265256780784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1161994557088312652006-10-27T17:15:00.000-07:002006-10-27T17:15:00.000-07:00Thank you for the informative reply. I wish all bl...Thank you for the informative reply. I wish all blogs worked this way. My involvement has left me better informed and reflective about your comments - I will have to watch Supranos!MikeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233159424542347960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1161652612591998332006-10-23T18:16:00.000-07:002006-10-23T18:16:00.000-07:00There was populism and a labor union movement in t...There was populism and a labor union movement in the US beginning in the late 19th century, but it never really got hooked up with socialism international for the most part and was strongly associated with nativism, anti-immigrant sentiment, anti-semitism and plain racism. This all needs to be qualified but the strategy of mainstream of the trade union movement in the US 100 years ago to improve Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587322265256780784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532040.post-1161641729797320132006-10-23T15:15:00.000-07:002006-10-23T15:15:00.000-07:00Just an observation, but it seems to me that the U...Just an observation, but it seems to me that the US has never seen the phenomenon of working class pride. However bogus the concept might be, it energised the political activism of the UK working class from the 1920s until the 1970s. Even the toffs had to rub shoulders with trade unionists in the house of lords. Now Nu-labor want to reform the lords; presumably to keep trade unionists out!!MikeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233159424542347960noreply@blogger.com