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Another in a string of undocumented, most likely bullshit, snotty and childish attacks on a very valuable comrade (Sebastian) and institution (HM). My interactions with him, and with those who work with him, have been nothing but positive. HM is a huge resource for revolutionaries, and you all come off like a bunch of wanna-be-theoretical-luminaries who are resentful at those who've put in the work to contribute something significant. If I'm wrong about all that you'll have to prove it with facts. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 3:31 PM, james pitman via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Budgen is probably the most outspoken proponent of intellectual property > rights since Metallica. Whoever stuck up for him on the basis of his fb > profile is a one-man idiot. Most of the stuff he posts is behind a pay > wall. He was the biggest single voice on the HM board for not barring the > swp from future HM conferences for their rape apology. He bullied a marxist > academic out of his job at SOAS on the basis of a personal feud. He calls > people 'scabs' for downloading pdfs. He was born with a silver spoon in his > mouth and he now uses it to beat people who 'rise above their station > with'. If people think that's defensible then you're really not a marxist - > you're a jerk. > > Jamie > > > On 18 June 2014 18:35, Mark Lause via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > > > wrote: > > > ====================================================================== > > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > The hierarchy is immensely more arcane and complicated than this, perhaps > > because there has never been a UAW to make it more standardized. > > > > THE ideological foundation of an academic self-perception centers on the > > notion that it is somehow, when all is said and done, a meritocracy. And > > that there a key signifiers that provide a shorthand for merit. Tenure > is > > only one of them . . . and it is not necessarily the most important. A > > graduate student in an elite university might well rank higher than the > > hard working employed academic in a lesser institution, whether tenured > or > > adjunct. > > > > As far as the organized Left is concerned, that same grad student can be > > the voice of the oppressed proletarian against the armchair (ie., not a > > member of a sect) petty bourgeois academic. I have seen this, > experienced > > it and laughed about it for many years. > > > > Whatever the yardstick, the plebes are just not going to measure up . . . > > particularly if they don't stay in their place. > > > > The problem comes when we buy into that meritocracy stuff or, worse, the > > notion that some institutional connection means merit. > > > > Solidarity, > > Mark L. > > ________________________________________________ > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > > Set your options at: > > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/marinercarpentry%40gmail.com > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
