I attended a meeting with the UAW organizers.......

and sympathizers (that last part was me and others) in middle Tennessee and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (the exclusive representatives of the carmakers in South Africa) on Thursday and I must say I was pretty darn impressed by the NUMSA contingent. Those guys are so far ahead of us in class consciousness that it isn't even a contest. And remember this was the LEADERSHIP, which almost inevitably, is less progressive than the actual membership.

Their presentation started with calling each other "Comrade" and developed on from there. Definitely steeped in Marxist theory, everything from naming the system of capitalism, to calling out the "owners of the means of production", to the need for thinking of ourselves as "workers with our own agenda rather than some sort of 'partners' with the owners", these guys were nothing less than impressive. And as one local member told me in conversation *paraphrasing* "They're pretty radical, but maybe that's what we need too".

I like that the UAW is bringing in and talking to the international unions. American workers need to see what we've lost in ALL areas. That's the solidarity mindset and the militant approach that brought us what we gained in the 1930s. And of course, the Marxist analysis of the situation.