Workers? What Workers?
Politics has always been a strange animal. Now, it's changed into an alien life form. In the U.S. the Democrats, traditionally left of center and more interested in social justice than in lining millionaires' pockets, has turned hard right. The Republicans, which used to be more interested in adhering strictly to the Constitution, have gone into cuckoo-land. In Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy has declared an admiration of Vladimir Putin. Once upon a time, European conservatives had no love for totalitarian Russia. And the Spanish Socialist Party has gone so far to the right, it has lost most of its votes and has now imploded upon itself. The Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) was founded in 1879 and described itself as a socialist and marxist party of the working class. From its beginning, its highest ideals were to better the conditions of all workers. The founder of the party, Pablo Iglesias, also founded a union, Union General de Trabaja...