Why America doesn’t have a Labor party
Channel: loomhigh
Date: 2023-04-15

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Labour based Parties in the Western World are an almost universal feature. Originally forming what was called The Second International on the international stage and now mostly within the progressive alliance, they focused on Workers' Rights. The Labour movement was especially strong in the  Australian Labor Party, where policies had a real Tangible Effect on the welfare of most people in the country. In the USA however the Unions were unwilling...or perhaps unable to form a labor party. Why was that?

This video, based on a book by Robin Archer, attempts to go through potential reasons the USA never formed a Labor party, using Australia as a comparative country. So much talk is had about the Ideologies of Capitalism and Communism, Yet so little about this powerful and impactful part of the democratic movement. So lets have a chat about it ay?

00:00 Labor parties and what they are
00:59 The United States is an exception
01:38 Why is there no Labor party in the United States?
02:14 Why is the US and Australian politics so different?
02:58 History of Oz Labour from 1830-1890
03:28 History of Oz Labour from 1890s
04:36 How did American Unions begin?
05:24 When America came close
06:16 Negative findings: Prosperity
06:59 Negative findings: Farmers Alliance
07:11 Negative findings: Racism
07:55 Negative findings: Suffrage
08:24 Negative findings: Egalitarianism
09:05 Negative findings: Freedom! F*ck Yeah!
09:58 Innocuous findings: System of Government
10:19 Innocuous findings: Federalism
10:49 Innocuous findings: Courts
11:28 POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS (skip here for spoilers)
12:18 Positive findings: New Unionism
13:14 Positive findings: Repression
14:51 striking contrast between US and OZ strikes
17:11 Positive findings:  Religious Zealousness 
17:57 Positive findings: unionist loyalty
18:34 Positive findings: Leftist infighting