I think the peace movement and every justice movement in the United States should simply overwhelm Congress members during the next two months with one and only one demand: Pass the Employee Free Choice Act in January. This is, of course, the bill that the labor movement has been trying to pass for years, and that Democrats in Congress and President Elect Obama have committed to making law: http://aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca

In life, efforts usually result in one of three outcomes: you fail, you succeed or, as is usually the case, you do some of both.

The history of the American labor movement defies that seemingly inescapable premise. Despite its position as arguably the leading progressive mass movement in American history and perhaps because of the power and expectations that position raises, our movement has all too frequently failed...abysmally.

The Internet is a classic example.