Re: The American Prospect 8/30/07: “What’s behind the sub-prime disaster?” by Robt. Kuttner
On Aug 31, 2007, at 3:27 AM, B. wrote:
Until hearing Doug speak of the “working class surliness” of the 1970s on his radio show, I’d never actually thought of the 1970s as a period of working class militancy.
Christian Parenti had a great piece in a Baffler from around 2000 on
just that, but I can’t find my copy now. It was a time of wildcat
strikes. They had to call in the national guard at one point to
deliver the mail. Workers were sabotaging assembly lines. Around the
world, OPEC was leading the charge for global redistribution. The
U.S. had lost in Vietnam. “Inflation” was in part an economic
phenomenon, but also a sense that the bourgeoisie was losing control.
Doug