VL-Hub's monologue

[Paul Mackin]

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Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:36 PM
Subject: VL-Hub's monologue


> (p. 288-291):  This is one of the high points of the book, in my opinion. 
> Hub's monologue/diatribe on IATSE vs. CSU captures the essence of 
> everything that went wrong with the American labor movement, bringing it 
> to its current sorry state.  His culminating words:
>
> "'...I let the world slip away, made my shameful peace, joined the IA, 
> retired soon's I could, sold off my only real fortune -- my precious 
> anger -- for a lot of got-dam shadows.'"
>
> speak not only to the dissolution of the labor movement, but to the 
> fizzling of the "spirit" of the 60s.
>
> Laura
>
>

Anger's a lot in the news these days, though in a somewhat different context 
than the one Hub is operating in.

How do p-listers feel about allowing the Giants that are too big to fail to 
just fail anyway?

Would mean a lot more suffering for the weakest of us.

Probably would mean more p-list unemployment than already exists.

Might mean the country (countries) would end up with REAL fascism like 
Europe in the thirties.

Or is Obama correct?  That it is very dangerous to rule from anger.

If capitalism as we know is ever going to be toppled, now is an opportunity 
not to be wasted.

P