Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Boston Magazine has an in-depth look at the end of Larry Summers' presidency which refutes much of the idiotic reactionary explanations put forward by Dershowitz, Tierney, and others, and offers an anatomy of tyrannical leadership in the neoliberal university which is engrossing, to say the least. Summers lies to the faculty, openly tries to bribe professional school deans into buttressing his presidency in the face of what he incorrectly views as localized rebellion in the facutly of arts and sciences, and ignores women faculty. Yet for all its ugliness, this article, like the events it documents, lends hope for the proliferation of similar developments elsewhere.

6 comments:

  1. Zach-
    I dig your blog. See you around.

    Andrea

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  2. Got to love the former Clinton administration. Have to wonder why any union gets cozy with Hillary. She sat on the board of Wal-Mart for goodness sakes. Did Clinton push to repeal Taft-Hartley? Nope.

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  3. I wasn't aware that any union actually was cozy with Hillary. She tends to be much cozier with the bosses. Which is why it was sort of a good thing that after six months on strike she finally came out in support of GSOC's strike at a university run by ex-Clinton-administration official buddies like Jack Lew and Cheryl Mills. And how about a hand for that Donna Shalala, who let four workers get hospitalized before she took any action whatsoever during the victorious hunger strike down at The University of Miami! Gotta love neoliberalism.

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  4. The AFL-CIO supported Clinton both times. Hillary's support is superficial. Is she pushing to change laws to force institutions that accept federal funds to allow grad students/employees to unionize if they so desire without threats from administrators? AFL-CIO also supported Hillary in her Senate run. Time for labor to stop supporting Democrats. Force the Demos to the left by leaving them.

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  5. Right, but the fact that they supported her doesn't necessarily evince "coziness." That said, i don't disagree with you.

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  6. Zach,
    Great blog, just recently found you. I will definitely keep up with this one, thanks!
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