怎样切实发挥工会作用是工运理论研究的一个老话题,也是工会自身生存和发展必须解决的一个重要问题。笔者从自己从事教育工会工作的实践认识到,解决这个问题的关键是启动工会内部的活力。毛泽东在论述唯物辩证法的对立统一规律时说过这么一段话:“唯物辩证法认为外因是变化的条 How to give full play to the role of the trade unions is an old topic in the study of the theory of the Workers’ Movement. It is also an important issue that the trade unions must solve to survive and develop. The author realizes from his practice of educating trade unions that the key to solving this problem is to start the vitality within the trade union. Mao Zedong made the following remark when he discussed the law of the unity and opposition of materialist dialectics: "Materialist dialectics consider that the external cause is a change