At UCSC, other than Soc, the most left-leaning "Boards" as they were called at the time were Anthropology (flush with Marxists and Feminists), Community Studies (like Anthro only with a more activist/applied bent) and History of Consciousness (awash in deconstructivists of various stripes, Marxists, socialist feminists and anarcho-communalists - a number of whom, in all areas, were quite politically active). Philosophy, PoliSci and History - despite some standout individuals - had stronger reputations for liberal lefism than practice - or at least so it seemed to me from 87 to 93. Environmental Studies could only be described as radical if you accept that some combination of ecoRomanticism and neoMathusian scientism is radical (though it "contained" the Agroecology Farm, the crunchiest place on campus, which also had pretty good people working on ag labor issues.)
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This brings to memory a story my ex told me when she was a student at the
> UCSC in the 1980s. Her department (I forgot which it was, but it was not
> sociology), which had a radical reputation, was approached by a union with
> a
> similar request - to change the venue of their graduation party due to
> labor-management dispute. They refused - only a handful of students
> (including my ex) joined the picket line and challenged the self-styled
> progressive faculty and students who did cross it.
>
> In that context, I really appreciate the recent ASA decision to change the
> venue.
>
> Wojtek
>
>