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This article appeared in the January 24, 2005 edition of The Nation.

January 5, 2005

Link to original article.

PEOPLE POWER IN OHIO & THE NATION

Cleveland

David Moberg, in "Lessons for Labor" [Dec. 27], did a nice job of reviewing the role of labor in the 2004 election. His point that a "flood" of staffers to battleground states is "ultimately no substitute for home-grown networks" is right on the money, as is his notion that we need to engage in ongoing political education. In my experience coordinating efforts by the Communications Workers in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin, I believe this might have made a real difference in many "red" counties that we lost by narrow margins.

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About William Greider

National affairs correspondent William Greider has been a political journalist for more than thirty-five years. A former Rolling Stone and Washington Post editor, he is the author of the national bestsellers One World, Ready or Not, Secrets of the Temple, Who Will Tell The People, The Soul of Capitalism (Simon & Schuster) and--due out in February from Rodale--Come Home, America. more...

About Mike Marqusee

Mike Marqusee's most recent book is Chimes of Freedom: The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art (New Press). more...
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