Liza
> From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:03:51 -0500
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Radical Left Critique Of Nation Article
>
> Liza:
>> nothing, and much more to gain from radical change. A while ago, I
> read an
>> interesting paper by a union organizer named Steve Jenkins who argues
> that
>> foundations prefer to fund leftish activities supporting the
> "voiceless" and
>> "powerless" rather than the working class, because the truly
> powerless, by
>> definition, don't really pose any serious threat to the status quo.
>
> Yep. And if anyone doubts that, I suggest mentioning the U-word to the
> executive staff of these leftish organizations. Somebody once told me
> that the owners of Ben & Jerry Ice cream were once asked what they would
> do if their workers wanted to join a union. "We would be very very sad"
> was the answer.
>
> During the PG War I, I attended a massive anti-war rally of the UCSC
> students. At the meeting after the rally someone suggested joining the
> striking Green Giant workers in the neighboring Watsonville. There were
> no takers - most preferred meaningless protests at a local politician's
> office.
>
> Several months after that even, a union local engaged in a
> management-labor dispute at a Posh local restaurant (Coconut Grove)
> approached the student union to boycott the establishments. To no
> avail. Almost all of these liberal Third-world embracing do gooders
> (students and faculty alike) crossed the picket line.
>
> Wojtek
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