Do Blogs Take Labor Issues Seriously?

[Omaha Steve]

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/10/do_blogs_take_labor_issues_ser/



By Nathan Newman - July 10, 2008, 10:45AM

I'll admit that part of my annoyance at the full court obsession with FISA is that it reflects the broader liberal blog obsessions with goo-goo process issues, as opposed to a populist focus on the core economic and social justice issues that matter in most peoples' lives. Doug Kendall, who I have the most serious respect for, has the best critique I've seen (written with Dahlia Lithwick) of Obama's defensive responses to the guns and death penalty cases at the Supreme Court. However, his point is that Obama should have played offense by highlighting the pro-big business decisions of the Supreme Court this session-- something most of the blogs haven't done either.

As I noted last week, state regulations of business lost out in nearly every single case decided, and even the "liberal" Justices joined many if not most of the major decisions. Which reflects modern elite liberalism too well that you can distinguish liberals from conservatives on a death penalty case, but when corporations are trashing workers rights, suddenly the differences can get a little fuzzy.

And what really annoys me is that in the major union decision of the term, Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, one of the most anti-union results in decades, there was essentially zero commentary across the blogs.
This is decision that orders state governments to fund union busters receiving government contracts-- i.e if government pays for health care and a company chooses to divert taxpayer dollars to fight a union attempt, rather than use that money to provide the health care contracted for, the state is helpless to stop it.

That's actually just the headline of the obvious effects of the decision; the underlying law is even worse, since it a radical take on labor law that will likely preempt a far larger number of state laws seeking to protect labor rights.

Yet not a peep from the blogs. And note that this decision was 7-2 with "liberal" Justice Stevens writing the decision.

I looked and saw barely even a mention of the decision, except in the legal-oriented blogs and close to none of the major political blogs.

FULL story at link.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. I didn't even know about this decision!

Oh wait...sorry. FISA FISA FISA FISA FISA....

[blindpig]

2. There is little to no class conciousness.

Most folks in the blogosphere think that they are above such things, that they are not working class.

They are wrong.