Bartleby and Occupy and short hist of sit-ins

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The problem with the sit-in is that it's not visible to the public.  If the goal is to educate the public, rather than protect one's own turf or negotiate specific points, outside occupations are more effective.

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2012 7:26 PM
>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Bartleby and Occupy and short hist of sit-ins
>
>Why stand out in the rain? Why let the union leadership meet and talk
>in comfortable rooms? Why let other desperate men come and work the
>machines? To walk out, to vacate the work space, was to invite
>replacement like any broken cog or worn out part.
>
>But OWS, like Bartleby, has nothing whatever to do with sit-down strike.
>
>> The first major sit-down strike was at the Firestone rubber plant in
>> Akron, OH, 1936. That was a strike against the all usual behaviors of
>> unrestricted corporate scorn for workers.