Angela’s got a post that raises some interesting question about contracts, and ties those issues to ones about contracts of all sorts - social, wage, others. This resonates with something else I’ve been reading lately - Staughton Lynd’s book Solidarity Unionism, which some folk from my IWW branch are going to discuss soon in part because Lynd’s the main speaker at Midwest Wobfest which our branch is hosting. (more…)
June 8, 2006
… is a contract?
June 4, 2006
… is subaltern studies?
I found a reference to this book, Provincializing Europe, by Dipesh Chakrabarty, in one of the two passages from Mezzadra that I’m still finishing translating for the birthday gift to Marx. I dug the reference so I got the book out from the library. I’ve only just started it but I’m liking it. (more…)
April 14, 2006
… was Gauche Proletarienne?
… was the UJCML?
The letters stand for Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Marxiste-Léniniste, which translates as Young Communist League (Marxist-Leninist). (more…)
April 4, 2006
… is new new historicism?
Post at Acephelous that will be helpful for me, except for that whole now there’s more books to read part.
… was the Sojourner Truth Organization?
You should go to Mike’s and he will tell you.
March 31, 2006
… did Fiat want from Bill Watson?
I have a thing for old pamphlets. Occasionally when I have the cash I’ll get one or two off the interweb, related to a subject matter or group I’m interested in. I have a few about Italian stuff in the 70s. (more…)