Sheila Cohen provides a detailed review of Kim Moody's book An Injury to All. On the basis of a consideration of ‘business unionism’ in the US, Cohen presents a critical analysis of reformism in the British Trade Union movement, and urges socialists to recognise the practical potential of ‘economistic’ trade union activity.
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