>By the way, some of the strongest forces pushing for attention to the
>poor, and towards very-low-wage workers - to the exclusion of people
>up the income scale who are still pretty insecure - are your good
>friends, the elite foundations. It's always a patronizing attention,
>with long roots in upper class charity - but they're not much
>interested in unions and self-organization.
>
>Doug
not to mention, the poor themselves who fight for themselves. it's not like they're absent from the scene. they're just local and tend to go unnoticed. but if you care to look, they're there. welfare rights, cop watches/community policing, blah blah blee.
the good news is, you don't have to read the list but once a year to get a handle on The Two Wojteks. heh.
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