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- The IWW's list of Resources
- AFL-CIO guide on union organizing
- libcom.org
- Labour Notes
- The Union-Busting Playbook
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Voting for a piece of legislation, cool. Which is why all the cool things that people want don't get put up for public votes, we might actually get good stuff.
Voting for a person, who then gets to whatever they want carte blanche style for their entire term, meh.
Direct democracy, I agree would be better than representative, and maybe now even possible/practical with the internet.