It took me about two seconds to name the unexpected speaking voice of poet/critic/professor Joshua Clover as I flicked past the NPR station. I flicked back. He was being interviewed because today he’s going on strike! Or at least walking out. We wish him well.
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Odd that bourgeois institutions are now so important to him.
Posted By: Wilmer Dukes on September 24, 2009 at 10:36 amReport this comment
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.
Posted By: Bobby on September 24, 2009 at 12:04 pmReport this comment
Indeed they are, Robert P.!
Posted By: Wilmer Dukes on September 24, 2009 at 12:10 pmReport this comment
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
Posted By: Arnold on September 24, 2009 at 1:15 pmReport this comment
Some articles on this with quotes from Clover can be found here and here.
Posted By: Don Share on September 24, 2009 at 1:33 pmReport this comment
I believe a goon is someone who breaks a strike. This guy is sticking with the union.
Posted By: Miriam Levine on September 24, 2009 at 2:35 pmReport this comment
Name That Yoon-
yun organizer
didn’t sound as funny to me for some reason.
Posted By: Rebecca Wolff on September 24, 2009 at 2:41 pmReport this comment
No, goons are the ones who intimidate by threatening force…also Alice from Popeye.
Posted By: Jennifer Epstein on September 25, 2009 at 2:13 amReport this comment
…and scabs are the workers who cross picket lines.
Posted By: jennifer epstein on September 25, 2009 at 4:41 pmReport this comment
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.”
Posted By: Don Share on September 24, 2009 at 4:17 pmReport this comment
Masked protesters take over UCSC. Read it here:
http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/09/24/protestors-take-over-at-ucsc/
Posted By: Linda on September 25, 2009 at 10:40 amReport this comment
Still occupied. Now with Dance Party!
http://occupyca.wordpress.com/news/
Posted By: Teri G. on September 30, 2009 at 2:13 pmReport this comment
Funny isn’t really the first thing that comes to mind as a goal in this situation.
Posted By: Jill on September 24, 2009 at 4:00 pmReport this comment
I was so hoping someone would correct me on that one.
Posted By: Rebecca Wolff on September 24, 2009 at 6:40 pmReport this comment