A tireless woman in New England recently told me that she had fought for thirty years to get “a decent inspection of women’s labor in our state” and that they would “probably lose it at the next election.”

She also contrasts this directly with something that wouldn't be out of place if said nowadays. Progressives in capitalist countries can have their struggles erased as the gains they make end up being symbolic or not enough to change the material conditions of those they're fighting for.