Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote: > Louis Proyect is a snitch, a ratfink, a stool > pigeon, an informer. Not only that, he is proud of it > and brags about it. > What Louis P. does is that when he is especially > annoyed with someone, he posts their internet postings > to their professional superiors. He did this to Hans > Ehrbar of the econ dept. at U. of Utah. He has > recently been threatening to do it to Chris Burford, a > London psychiatrist. > Now, there was an incident on pen-l where someone > was discussing labor-management issues at their place > of work and somehow it got leaked to their superiors > and they were disciplined. I don't think that this > kind of vile behavior will be tolerated by the > listowner of pen-l, if it shows up here. Count me as one of Louis's victims. After the _Social Text_ affair, someone told me that one of the anonymous referees of the article was the Chair of a Department at one of the schools where I teach. As Louis had written on this affair and as I knew he knew the person in question, I sent a *private and confidential* e-mail message to him. Louis, who was pissed-off at me for other reasons, chose to reveal the name of that person and that I had given it to him on that deplorable debased undead *open* list erroneously called "marxism-international." I then had a series of brief off-list exchanges with Louis. I told him that the person in question was part of *management* and I am a *union member*. He was not impressed. I told him that this person has a major decision in questions concerning hiring, firing, promotion, reappointment, etc. and that he had furnished information to management that could be used to discipline a union member. Louis said that he was proud of what he had done and if I get fired, that's what I deserve (as I am a "worthless academic"). I told him that I would *never* furnish information against union members to management as I believe in *solidarity*. Louis responded by proudly repeating the information *again* on m-int. So Barkley, you're right: he *is* a snitch. He is scum. I hope everyone will recognize him for what he is. Jerry PS: The "good news" (I think) is that the person in question where I teach is a far more principled Marxist than Louis will ever be and I don't think that -- despite Louis's valiant efforts -- he will retaliate against me.
