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in shambles is beyond dispute: in–
deed, the point is developed at
length in my essay.
As
it turns out,
however,
Mr.
Wright is realistic
enough to reject the "revolution–
ary" talk with which certain student
and intellectual circles now in–
dulge themselves and to see that
radical action in the United States
will require a new kind of coali–
tion. Precisely what that will be we
LETTERS
cannot now say, and perhaps Mr.
Wright and I will disagree as to
what
it
should be. I would only
ask him to consider whether
any
significant force can be built in
this country - that is, a force
capable of affecting our socio–
political choices in the next decade
- which does not have at least
the partial support of major seg–
ments of the labor movement.
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