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<p> Steven Johns responds to an article in Freedom newspaper by Ewa Jasiewicz defending trade unionism and arguing that its critics &quot;can undermine workers in struggle&quot;. </p>

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<p>I wrote this article in response to <a href="http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/2011/07/02/you-only-love-us-when-we-strike/" class="bb-url"> You only love us when we strike: in the defence of trade unionism </a> when I first saw it on <a href="http://libcom.org/news/j30-strike-updates-accounts-29062011" class="bb-url"> June 30, 2011</a>, as it was in the issue of Freedom which was being distributed to people striking against [URL=/</p>
<p><a href="http://libcom.org/blog/do-we-only-love-unions-when-we-strike-response-defence-trade-unionism-21032012" target="_blank">read more</a></p>