My comment that he wasn't offering much in the way of a solution could be read as a criticism, though i hastened to add it wasn't his or anyone's fault; a program, detailed or not, requires the right conditions to be effective.- I said the thrust of his essay was basically correct in calling on the left to get closer to working class struggles. And I thought I made it clear that someone like Shotwell "who has done labor most of us could not even do, and he has put his money where is mouth is for a very long time" has my respect. That evidently didn't come through, unfortunately.
On 2014-04-15, at 9:05 PM, michael yates wrote: > I re-read Gregg's essay, and now I am somewhat surprised by Marv > > and Carrol's criticisms. Here is a guy who has done labor most > > of us could not even do, and he has put his money where is mouth > > is for a very long time. He says solidarity is key, that an injury > > to one is an injury to all. But let's not bullshit how embedded > > we all are inside of capitalism, which corrupts us just like it > > does everyone else. He urges us to confront our employers, as the > > Chicago teachers and nurses and a few other groups of workers have. > > He says that workers, if they are to rebuild the working class > > as a class for itself, will have to become radicals. > > > So what am I missing? He doesn't lay out a detailed program, but > > we sure as shit don't have one ourselves. Some of us go on and on > > about the lamest stuff, about some intellectual's shallow > > nonsense, but here is a worker we should all aspire to > > be like. Let's get on his side, support working class struggles, and > > get our own acts together. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
