On Jun 22, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
Ravi:
[MG]Concretely, what kind of sacrifices are you demanding of
yourself and
others? Have you voluntary renounced future pay increases and asked
your
employer to direct a portion of your salary to agencies whose
objective is
the alleviation of poverty abroad?
This sort of questioning, is I think what constitutes guilt-tripping
at its worst. What one person does in such a situation does not
make a
difference. Worse, it makes a loser and a fool of him.
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It was Raghu who challenged "people, even on the Left...to sacrifice a
little for the sake of their ideals", not I...
Marvin,
I don't think Raghu was calling for that... the way I read it and see
it: Western workers are already sacrificing some things. The plea is
to recognise that some (not all) of this loss is inevitable. This
recognition, I think, is somewhat important to get past divisiveness
and acrimony generated by these loses, and to find solidarity in
overcoming the other part of the losses that have always beset workers
everywhere.
The CWA (Computer Workers of America, and also the larger CWA =
Communications Workers) members talk of H-1B workers as "scabs" even
as the CWA offers Rovian lip service to the contrary... at least the
ILWU still has the I in its name!
I can't find your post where you suggest the right approach to gaining
solidarity... and I do not disagree with what you write there.
--ravi
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