[lbo-talk] On Theorizing the Demand for Demands

Chuck Grimes c123grimes at att.net
Sat Oct 29 13:58:50 PDT 2011


----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Koskela" <dharmamarx at gmail.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] On Theorizing the Demand for Demands

New York area working-class, who so
> far, have not played a serious role in the occupation. None of my CUNY
> students have even stopped by to take a look at the occupation despite the
> fact that they attend class a 15 minute subway ride away from it. For
> them,
> OWS is simply some weird white hippy thing. If we can bring my students
> and
> their families on board with the occupation, then the occupation can
> become
> huge and either sustain itself throughout the winter or re-build itself
> quickly when spring arrives. Without the NYC working-class, many of us
> think this occupation will fizzle away as soon as the snow hits.
>
> Steven Koskela

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Two suggestions. Read Angelus Novus post, Oakland General Strike Call, where ILWU and several locals including the Carpenters have called for a strike on Nov 2.

The other suggestion to get your students to OWS, depending on the weather, is to hold some classes there. During a third world student strike at UCB, a considerable number of faculty held classes out on lawns and greens around campus. True not much academic work got done, but it gave passerbys a chance to listen to other classes than their own.

``Without the NYC working-class, many of us think this occupation will fizzle away as soon as the snow hits.''

How to do that is a question of knowing the political geography of the city. Here OWS needs to get the heavy immigrant community involved, especially high school and community college students.

CG



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