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I'll grant that, as it's second-hand information drawn purely from my swiss cheese memorybanks.
I'd point out that such a dual power strategy is the result of a communist party pursuing it for a long period of time and not
relying on social democrats or unions that've had their ranks drained and stripped of their Reds for decades - which while DSA should get a pat on the head for their accomplishments in the field, they also deserve to get their nose rubbed in their own turds with regards to their ties to the TDU.
Ultimately this discussion boils down to Communists need to be joining or building or expanding unions and working their way up their power structures to the best of their ability in order to reorientate them as proletarian structures. Something that's not accomplished by going ick at the currently existing structures and running off to build your own unions and believe your left-sounding phrasemongering will suddenly inspire union workers to flood over to you. You get in there and kick the foxes out of the henhouse and slam the door on their asses
to all of that. The DSA shoutout was just for helping workers ignored by shit business unions organize, they get no credit for
The discussion of the current state of the IWW just goes to me pointing out that a notable difference from a century ago is that they're a small part of the movement to, "get in there and kick the foxes out of the henhouse and slam the door on their asses," and have largely abandoned 'left-sounding phrasemongering to suddenly inspire union workers to flood over to them'.
Ty for removing the FUD. The IWW is far from perfect but they are largely a good org when it comes to organizing for shop floor power.