[lbo-talk] Academics

Dennis Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Wed Feb 23 13:23:23 PST 2005


Travis writes:


> What this article points to is the fact that organization and education of
> the working class is a long term project where any intellectual who wants
> to be involved must throw their lot in with the working class. And this
> kind of work cannot be done from Ph.D. cubicle, a tenured office, or by
> contributing to or creating a left wing web page or list serve.

*Some* kinds of work can't be done from the university. Some can. You could organize a faculty union, network with K-12 teachers, teach the kids their history and media culture, fight for public education, etc.

Marx spent 25 years perusing the library of the British national museum, tracking down Capital in its lair.

-- DRR



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list