“To be hopeful in bad times is not being foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of competition and cruelty but of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.” – Howard Zinn So much promise and hope, and yet so much, still, of all the worst of us. That [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Working Class’
Rambling on Radicalism
Posted in Labour and Unions, Political Stuff, Reading and Writing, tagged Capitalism, Politics, Resistance, The Left, Working Class on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Small Solidarities
Posted in Labour and Unions, tagged Labour and Unions, Resistance, Working Class on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
People from at least 30 countries (including Egypt) have sent pizzas to help feed the folks occupying the Capitol building in Madison, WI. It’s a small gesture of support, but concrete & immediate. Here’s the info: Ian’s Pizza, 608-257-9248. $20 gets a 20″ pie with drinks which will feed 8 people. Oh, and don’t forget [...]
Accountability and Political Heritage
Posted in Academia, Political Stuff, tagged Academia, Capitalism, Politics, The Left, Working Class on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been getting back to readings in political theory and analysis lately, feeling a little need for brain-food. Some Terry Eagleton, some Slavoj Zizek, debates around “The Common Insurrection” (which will form a post of its own in the days or weeks to come). It’s a welcome change of pace, I’m finding, and jazzing me [...]
Red November, Black November
Posted in Labour and Unions, Political Stuff, tagged History, IWW, Labour and Unions, Resistance, Working Class on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we near the end of November, Meg is returning from the bargaining table, and I am about to take off for union meetings in Ottawa, with a fresh tattoo on my arm of the IWW sabocat – symbol of the wildcat strike and industrial sabotage. I won’t write much myself today, but instead want [...]
Notes on Notes on the Financial Crisis
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Capitalism, Financial Crisis, Resistance, Working Class on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it is the day after the election. No, I am not going to comment on it. Rather, reflections on an article I read recently that I didn’t particularly agree with but which has had me thinking. An interesting take on the financial crisis follows below my comments. This comes from a couple of folks who are [...]
Overly-Academic Musings on the Working Class
Posted in Labour and Unions, Political Stuff, tagged Capitalism, Resistance, Working Class on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wonder alot about what constitutes ‘the working class’, in my job and my study and just my own me-time. It’s a question that’s been pretty central for me ever since Zimbabwe and my introduction to the black consciousness and pan-africanist movements. As those got my thinking about race, and grappling with the intersections and [...]
