The death of Ed Sadlowski and the demise of trade union reformism  

I found this excerpt from Leon Trotsky's review of Jack London's classic " The Iron Heel " quite relevant to the above article :
"One must accentuate especially the role which Jack London attributes to the labor bureaucracy and to the labor aristocracy in the further fate of mankind. Thanks to their support, the American plutocracy not only succeeds in defeating the workers’ insurrection but also in keeping its iron dictatorship during the following three centuries. We will not dispute with the poet the delay which can but seem to us too long. However, it is not a question of Jack London’s pessimism, but of his passionate effort to shake those who are lulled by routine, to force them to open their eyes and to see what is and what approaches. "
Yes , OPEN YOUR EYES , comrade workers !