I wouldn't call profs part of the working class or proletariat. Maybe the semi-proletariat. Alas, it seems more likely that tenure rights will go away before they are extended to the (rest of the?) working class. The attack on Churchill (not the actual killer, the old UK PM) will mesh well with the current movement to abolish tenure rights. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
________________________________ From: PEN-L list on behalf of Eubulides Sent: Sat 2/12/2005 7:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Ward Churchill: one liberal view -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devine, James [snip] If academic tenure means anything at all, it means professors must be allowed to say and write what they choose without fearing removal by popular referendum. [snip] ------------------------- Gee, wouldn't it be nice if the rest of the working class had the same free speech rights at work as the tenured professoriat..............
