Introduction One of the few things that I agree with the academic leftist Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, Ontario, is that leftists must start where workers are at: Political engagement begins from trying to understand where people are coming from. But where people are coming from can be interpreted in … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Fifteen, The Case of Telus Workers
Category: Working-class consciousness
A Lack of Working-Class Conciousness Among Workers and Some Proposed Solutions, Part One
Introduction My experience with workers has been that workers rarely if ever think about why they and other workers have to work for an employer--they experience a lack of class consciousness. In this series of posts, I am simply going to assemble a series of quotes from various authors about this situation, with my own … Continue reading A Lack of Working-Class Conciousness Among Workers and Some Proposed Solutions, Part One
Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Three, The Case of the Toronto District School Board
Series: Worker Attitudes Toward Their Own JobsCase: Toronto District School Board WorkersPart Three Introduction One of the few things that I agree with the academic leftist Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, Ontario, is that leftists must start where workers are at: Political engagement begins from trying to understand where people … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Three, The Case of the Toronto District School Board
Vast Exaggeration of Opposition to the Class Power of Employers Does Not Serve the Working Class
Introduction Although the viewpoint of the ruling class, its represenatives and its oppressive organizations (such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)--practically the Canadian national police--should be analyzed, such analysis should be linked, when possible, to the attitude of workers, citizens, immigrants and migrant workers in order to gain a more balanced view of the … Continue reading Vast Exaggeration of Opposition to the Class Power of Employers Does Not Serve the Working Class
Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Two, The Case of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Series: Worker Attitudes Toward Their Own JobsCase: Toronto Transit Commission WorkersPart Two Preliminaries There may be a strike by members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents around 11,000 frontline workers out of a total of 25,000 workers very soon (June 7). There has been some movement by management today, but whether that will suffice … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Two, The Case of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Drawing a Logical Conclusion: The Need for Ideological Struggle
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted this on Facebook: John Clarke · We live in a society that is based on exploitation. The small minority of exploiters are raised under conditions that school them in the exercise of power and instill in them a fierce determination to preserve … Continue reading Drawing a Logical Conclusion: The Need for Ideological Struggle
