The Left Substituted Identity for Labor

In the 1960s, it was a major breakthrough on recognition for the first time of the hideous history of Afro-Americans. Reagan, Thatcher, others want to crush the labor movement. They don't want working people to have any way of defending themselves against the neoliberal assault that was launched 40 years ago. The Democrats abandoned any commitment to labor back in the 1970s. Now they're a party of affluent professionals oriented towards Wall Street and the donor class. Republicans are just off the spectrum. They just became a radical insurgency, which is slavishly working for the super rich in the corporate sector.