>Whatever the weaknesses of Bob's book, they are not the one's you
>describe. Have you actually read it? Has anybody beside Yoshi (and
>me) read it? He claims to be writing an institutional history, one
>that does what neither lefties such as Boyer and Morais and Art
>Preis nor the cultural historians including David Montgomery do. He
>argues that the structure of clientalism (or fiefdoms) dooms our
>unions. Argue with that, but at least get his argument right. Can we
>have a moratorium on Fitch baiting until everyone has actually read
>the book? You wouldn't opine on a movie you hadn't seen. Go the
>extra yard and read this one.
Nathan's supposed to be reading it for a radio debate with Bob sometime in the next few weeks. I hope he doesn't chicken out!
Doug