Jurriaan makes some good points, as have others. It's true that none of us can know when a spark will light a flame. All we can do is the best we can to create conditions such than when a spark is lit, a flame is more likely to burst. However, if we believe that working people, broadly defined, must be the subjects of radical change, then we ought to do our best (if we are not, or not anymore, actually in the working class) to connect some way or other to it. Try to write, for example, for the working class and not just about it. Teach workers (and learn from them) and not just university students who are going to someday write about workers or begin magazines. There is nothing wrong with doing these things, but a lot more is needed. It may be that these students will become part of the working class and even be a leading force. Yet, most working people are going to have shit jobs. We all have our work cut out for us.
One more thing. Capitalism sucks in good times and bad. It relentlessly sucks us all dry. We'd better learn to fend collectively for ourselves, and the sooner the better. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
