Labour unions in the United States fought hard battles on behalf of workers. They sacrificed, they struggled, they faced enormous risks, and defied the most powerful institutions and individuals in the society. And the principles they believed in were absolutely right.
That heroic history, however, has not prevented labour unions from becoming corrupt, devious, treacherous and, in fact in many cases, the enemies of working people and of the principles on which the unions were founded.
More often than not these days, the leadership of organised labour act as henchmen for corporate owners.
Are we supposed to ignore this fact, and keep our mouths shut, just because labour unions USED TO BE GOOD? Or because
they have created large organisations which could, theoretically and eventually, be redirected towards their original function…someday?
No, of course not. If you believe in the founding principles, and the original function, your loyalty must be to those things; not to the organisations that have strayed from them.
I am saying all of this, not actually to talk about labour unions, but about the Muslim Brotherhood; because all of the above applies to them just as accurately as it apples to organised labour.