the New Sincerity

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 11 21:34:17 PDT 1999


Mark Rickling wrote:


>Alterman didn't get all of his facts straight. It's a Living Wage Campaign
>at UVa, not Justice for Janitors.

Sorry, it was my memory that was wrong. Here's the passage:

"But here's the twist. [Nelson] Lichtenstein is part of a perfectly Rortyite reformist Campaign for a Living Wage at the University of Virginia. This campaign is not about ending sexism, racism, or homophobia, but about getting janitorial staff a few extra bucks an hour. Who are its volunteers? Primarily, says Lichtenstein, faculty and graduate students from the pomo literature and theory crowd."

Doug



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