When you watch the coverage of the decision rendered today by the Supreme Court's activist conservative wing, pay attention to one extremely misleading and frankly dangerous angle: "Unions and corporations".
In its quest for balance, mainstream media outlets will feel compelled to mention unions alongside corporations; right-wing outlets of course may even play up the union angle.
But make no mistake, this legislation grants corporations and corporate interests far, far, far and away more power than unions could ever hope to wield, as things stand today.
The plain fact, as we all know on this side of the political spectrum, is that unions have faded in power, wealth and influence precipitously in the last generation. Commensurately -- no, actually far, far beyond commensurately -- corporations have grown in power, wealth and influence. Equating the two is disingenuous at best.
So we on the left must hammer on the union narrative. We must point out at every chance that unions simply don't have the power and wealth to bring to bear anymore to counteract corporations. Workers lose out bigtime.
This is a significant angle to use to promote the EFCA. One of the major tenets of anti-unionization is that unions became too powerful and laws now sufficiently protect workers.
We must educate the nation that neither is the case, and this could be the tool we need to do it. If nothing else it's an opportunity this odious decision affords.