Word: lasky
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Laski called for a union of workers "by hand by brain" to form a lasting third party. He foresaw no powerful political group except a party formed on the mass basis provided by Trade Unionism. But, he emphasized, these trade unions must gather about them those sharing their ideals...
There is no difference between the two major parties today, Laski observed. He called them "essentially brokers of ideas, the only difference between them being that when the Republicans get into power, their members get the offices, and when the Democrats get into power, Democrats get the offices...
...Laski saw only weakness in "labor pressure groups," as he called them, attacking them from four standpoints...
...danger in the "private pressure" which must be applied to achieve labor's goals. "There can be no real educative effect on the American nation," Laski declared...
...Laski-was firm in defending the rights of admitted Communists to teach, and hold other positions of employment. "As long as the Communist Party is legal in America, and has not been declared unlawful by an act of Congress, Communists, if efficient, have as much right to hold a job as anyone else," he declared...