Also, at the meeting, when I mentioned I wasn't a fan of boycotts but that I'd go along with the group as long as the boycott was called for by _workers_, a couple of people got really upset with that argument. Others liked it though.
Carrol, you've always promoted that position, where did you get the idea from?
heh. fuckme. I'm remembering the time, way back in 1998, when Michael Yates bitched me and Chuck Grimes out for talking about drinking Gallo wine - which was a bit of a misunderstanding -- and then this big long discussion ensued where i believe Carrol called me an idiote. HA!
At 07:57 AM 4/7/2010, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>two things:
>
>was told the other day that Cornell West has a great take on Obama which
>ostensibly shows that Obama is not all that and a bag of chips. Really?
>
>There was a discussion here once on boycotts and, if I'm remembering
>correctly, how they are effective when they are combined with labor
>actions. If no labor actions, then boycotts accomplish zippo.
>
>Do I have that right and, if so, where can I read up on this?
>
>If I have it wrong, where can I read up on a more accurate assessment of
>the effectiveness of boycotts?
>
>shag
>
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