The first part of building an industrial concentration was obtaining
employment in the chosen factories. This was not always easy, especially
for middle-class radicals with years of university experience in their recent
past. Lies had to be told, job applications had to be fudged, and eyebrow-
raising aspects of personal histories had to be rewritten for the benefit of
hiring agents. When John Strucker, for example, applied for work at the
Stewart-Warner factory, he needed to explain away the seven years he had
spent pursuing his undergraduate and masters degrees full time. He con-
cocted an elaborate tale, wherein he had completed high school but then
had been obligated to take over the family hardware store in New Jersey
when his father became ill. Being good with his hands but not much as
a manager, the store had struggled for several years and eventually went
under, after which he had headed to Chicago in search of factory jobs.
This story was good enough to get him work as a lathe operator, a posi-
tion he held for more than a decade. Early on, however, he was identi-
fied as a trouble-maker, and the company eventually researched his back
story. Once they determined that no such hardware store had ever existed,
management attempted to fire him. With help from STO’s contingent of
lawyers, Strucker appealed his case to the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB). Upon consideration, the NLRB ruled in his favor, noting that
although he had in fact lied on his job application, he had lied “down,”
underplaying his credentials rather than overstating them.

Edited by stegosaurus (Sept. 15, 2014 15:35:01)

Gibbonstrength posted:

im reading hobsbawm. Age of evolution slew and was a breeze to read since he's a good writer. moving onto age of capital, hopeful,y the goodies win this time

the cool thing about his short 20th century book is that he never once mentions freud

roseweird posted:

so uh i guess this won't matter to anyone here probably but did you know that no one has published a new translation of the code of hammurabi in 110 years

fucked up if true

roseweird posted:

CALISTOGA — Cars belong in driveways, streets and garages, not on front lawns, city officials agree.

The challenge is how to enforce existing ordinances or tighten the language to make enforcement tougher without creating “unintended consequences,” said Richard Spitler, city manager.

But lawn parking is bothersome to neighbors and already against municipal codes. In some residential areas of the city with smaller streets, such as Adele Street, parking on the street is limited and residents who have multiple cars per residence are prone to park their vehicles on the front lawn. Low, rolled curbs on those streets make it easier for cars to drive up on the lawn, too.

“It’s unsightly,” Spitler said.

“I used to live on Adele. The reason I don’t live there now is because of this issue. It chased me out of the neighborhood,” he said.

ah i see the pervasive insipidness of the midwest is already permeating your existence. flee while there is still hope

HenryKrinkle posted:

what's the porpoise?

that post is the Peak nyt from thre headline on down

Neon_Night_Rider posted:

does anyone know a good Marxist critique/response to Foucault (specifically power/knowlege Discipline and Punish era stuff)

isabelle garo might be relevant if you know french