It’s almost midnight and turnout of students at @Columbia has filled the entire plaza.
Students being divided into groups to deter NYPD movement into encampment.
Kent Worcester, author of CLR James: A Political Biography, quotes @hmcleaver in a shortly Socialist Review article on James's Future in the Present and Spheres of Existence ( March-April 1982).
[...] Was Paul Romano a collective being forged from the diary of Phil Singer and the minds of C.L.R., Marty, and Grace? Did Phil have a falling out with his comrades in the Tendency? [...] Searching for The American Worker: https://t.co/tH8ihSwD4g
"In direct contrast was the attitude of the intellectuals who are detached from the working class. To them it was a repetition of an oft-written story. They felt cheated. There was too much dirt and noise."
Digging into the history of the "General Motors automobile assembly plant in Linden, New Jersey." Phil Singer worked in the plant and kept a diary "of the day-to-day reactions to factory life" before writing The American Worker under his party name Paul Romano. Search continues.
Spent the morning with a wonderful comrade from @kinoumenoitopoi discussing the role of workers' inquiry, precarious workers, and class struggle in Greece since 2006 and their 2014 translation of The American Worker pamphlet. Here is to the international circulation of struggles.
@hmcleaver Thank you @hmcleaver! Here https://t.co/k7WoSnkdpQ and here https://t.co/h19j8jjGxW an example how first-person narratives helped us on organizational issues, circulating struggles against the circulation of capital. There is a sceduled meeting during the next week on the topic.
1/ On 16 Feb 2023, Kaisheng Shoe Factory workers in Hunan province went on strike over layoffs and unpaid wages, and police were dispatched to the scene. Meanwhile, the local government had recently praised the factory for its “inspiration” to the city.
https://t.co/KqIQtZdpaC
🚩New on our blog, a commentary on the current struggle in France by FX Hutteau!
'The French Unions Strike Back: On the front lines of the struggle against Macron's pension reform'
https://t.co/WPNrVdbT2p