Name That Goon

Comments (14)

• On September 24, 2009 at 10:36 am Wilmer Dukes wrote:

  Odd that bourgeois institutions are now so important to him.

• On September 24, 2009 at 12:04 pm Bobby wrote:

  Yes, Doodle, I mean Wilmer, can you imagine the hypocrisy? I mean, everyone knows that collective bargaining and teacher-student solidarity are the hallmarks of the bourgeois spirit.

• On September 24, 2009 at 12:10 pm Wilmer Dukes wrote:

  Indeed they are, Robert P.!

• On September 24, 2009 at 1:15 pm Arnold wrote:

  Affecting change the Facebook way:

  “___ is in solidarity with the 9/24 University of California system-wide walk-out, and against the further privatization of the public university system. If you are too, make this your status for the rest of the day

• On September 24, 2009 at 1:33 pm Don Share wrote:

  Some articles on this with quotes from Clover can be found here and here.

• On September 24, 2009 at 2:35 pm Miriam Levine wrote:

  I believe a goon is someone who breaks a strike. This guy is sticking with the union.

• On September 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm Rebecca Wolff wrote:

  Name That Yoon-

  yun organizer

  didn’t sound as funny to me for some reason.

• On September 25, 2009 at 2:13 am Jennifer Epstein wrote:

  No, goons are the ones who intimidate by threatening force…also Alice from Popeye.

• On September 25, 2009 at 4:41 pm jennifer epstein wrote:

  …and scabs are the workers who cross picket lines.

• On September 24, 2009 at 4:17 pm Don Share wrote:

  Joshua makes this important point in the transcript of the NPR story Rebecca links to above: “One thing I should stress is we’re not technically on strike since the faculty are not unionized. But we are walking out.”

• On September 25, 2009 at 10:40 am Linda wrote:

  Masked protesters take over UCSC. Read it here:

  http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/09/24/protestors-take-over-at-ucsc/

• On September 30, 2009 at 2:13 pm Teri G. wrote:

  Still occupied. Now with Dance Party!

  http://occupyca.wordpress.com/news/

• On September 24, 2009 at 4:00 pm Jill wrote:

  Funny isn’t really the first thing that comes to mind as a goal in this situation.

• On September 24, 2009 at 6:40 pm Rebecca Wolff wrote:

  I was so hoping someone would correct me on that one.