Tricontinental Institute Discusses Social Power and Working Class Unity
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research has released a newsletter discussing the concept of social power and the importance of building unity among the working class. The newsletter highlights historical examples, such as the communist movement in West Bengal, India, which built strength through campaigns for food, land, and trade union power. It emphasizes that social power is not merely about visible enthusiasm or large crowds but is the organized capacity of a class to act in society. The capitalist class maintains social power through a combination of consent and coercion, using media, education, and legal systems to present its interests as those of society. The newsletter argues that socialist organizations must construct unity by showing how different forms of oppression are tied to a shared social order. 
