The Nation: John Nichols: 'How To Build a Movement'

Source:The Nation- Socialist columnist and commentator John Nichols. 

"A real movement is not limited to a small party. A real movement touches everyone. In Wisconsin, a real movement did just that. In this video, John Nichols explains how the state came together—from the young to the old, from the private sector to the public—in a show of diversity that formed the basis for a broader struggle. For more videos visit The Nation." 

From The Nation 

I actually completely agree with everything that John Nichols said here. (Which gets me to thinking that I need to see a shrink) John Nichols is a self-described Democratic Socialist. I'm a self-described John F. Kennedy Classical Liberal. So there's plenty that we disagree with on, at least as it relates to economic and foreign policy, but as not often as perfect games are thrown in Major League Baseball, they are still thrown, at least every other year or so and I can find something that I can agree with John Nichols on, even if happens less often than an MLB perfect game. 

Nichols made the perfect point here when he was talking about what it would take for American labor to become a real political force again, talking about people who aren't part of the American labor movement today and aren't members of labor unions, would have to rally, march and organize for labor unions. And he used the analogy about non-African-Americans marching for civil rights in the 1960s, especially European-Americans, because those European-Americans saw the value of equal rights and justice in America. 

Because of how small American labor as far as their union membership is today, they're going to need non-union members to come out in support of America labor, because labor doesn't have the personal and resources to fight for their own survival, at least with their own current membership.