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trade-unionism was addicted to the status quo

[...] Trade-unionism, by its very nature, was addicted to the status quo. Its dialectic of partial conquests--if we ask for more we might lose what we have already won--made it a defensive, conservative and insufficient force. [...]

—p.viii The April Theses Introduction to the April Theses (iii) by Tariq Ali
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the problem is not North versus South

I think the first step towards that is to see that the fundamental problem these days is not North versus South, the fundamental problem is that in any country where working people try to raise their voice, the first power they come up against and they have to confront is their own ruling classes.

—p.87 Uneven and Combined Development From Below (81) by Vivek Chibber
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one consequence of rapid industrialization

[...] One consequence of rapid industrialization was bringing huge numbers of former peasants together into new factories where they rapidly got absorbed into trade unions and were quickly radicalized. But now since workers don’t stick around in the factory long enough to be politicized, to be draw…

—p.85 Development From Below (81) by Vivek Chibber
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what have we been doing to them? inspo/anti-capitalism

If community programs have consistently floundered, both in the past and today, what’s left? A return to the rule of experts? Bigger dams and better seeds? If faced with two approaches — that of the development expert, asking “What can we do for the poor?” and that of the community developer, askin…

—p.78 Thinking Small Won’t End Poverty (75) by Jacobin
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direct financial transfers, unmediated by government agencies

[...] Shoppers can donate their bag credits — the five-cent rebate they receive by forgoing plastic bags — to a microfinance fund.

Combining this with traditional donations, Whole Foods hopes to raise $5 million to fund 40,000 small loans to “impoverished entrepreneurs” around the globe. They sa…

—p.75 Thinking Small Won’t End Poverty (75) by Jacobin