Maybe I'm missing something but I didn't interpret Doug's tone as negative.
And we are ALWAYS hiring hard-work oriented radicals. I think I've supplied eight anarcho-friends of mine with seiu hookups the past two years, and see no reason to stop at classical marxists. Email me where you want to work and I'll hook you up with the relevant person.
I have a standing offer out to fistfight bob fitch, loser stops writing about labor permanently. But I think he might be an old guy which would make my offer pretty mean-spirited.
I appreciate the "sometimes it seems" qualification in this remark and the
> ironic flavor of "praxis-minded" but is this really fair? I also know of
> the debate around Fitch's "Solidarity for Sale", etc.
>
> But can't a union catch a break? I mean if they didn't employ a few
> Marxists here and there wouldn't we simply call the union conservative,
> and
> since they do employ them and also do some bit of organizing work they
> should be slagged on for it?
> If unions start hiring (anti)theory-oriented sort-of-Marxists with a bit
> of
> a classical bent I hope one of you will let me know. This means you Jim.
>
> Jerry
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