Do Workers And Unions Need To Abandon Democrats For A True Labor Party?

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/14149

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By Doug Cunningham

In Minneapolis Thursday a small group of activists met to kick off what they hope will be a national campaign for “a mass party of labor”. John Peterson of the Workers International League is urging workers and their unions to abandon the major parties and form a political party for workers. Not a new idea – but one Peterson hopes can gain some traction.

: “We feel what we need in this country is a different political party. Not a party that caters to big business. Not a party who's main financing comes from the big corporations, but a party that actually represents and responds to the needs of working people, who make up the vast majority of people in the United States of America."