> For those of you who attended Professor Jensen's lecture last
> weekend, this is exactly what he said. We must ask ourselves,
> just what are we willing to give up? One woman commented
> that she had given up healthcare and the education of the
> children already. Professor Jensen also stated that we must
> become far more radical than just showing up at a protest from
> time to time to vent in order to attract more people to the
> cause. My husband and I have already sacrificed our 401K.
> I've thought about walking to work two days a week, wearing
> a large sign that reads "I refuse to contribute to the death in
> the Middle East, therefore I am walking."
At the moment, a comprehensive boycott of companies in protest of the war is very popular with our local anti-war group. I'm skeptical. I countered that an effective boycott targets a specific company with a clear grievance that directly relates to them, whereas this is too scattershot, possibly in the wrong direction.
Liza, what do you think? I haven't read your book on sweatshops yet, so could you tell me a bit about just what boycotts are good for and what they aren't?
I thought the menacing gestures toward Syria should finally retire the notion that this is about preserving lifestyles, more than hegemony.
There's something off about this that I can't quite articulate.
-- Shane
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