what are u saying andy ?

Stern:

" The working-class consciousness 
of the middle of the last century 
              is gone"


" not just in the United States
but also around the world"


 "the great social movements 
that drew our country 
in a different direction
 are all blowing less forcefully"



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  and so 
in these dim 
    disheveled
   desultory  
          doldrummy times 


"We have to
do our job first
 in order to be 
in a position 
to help
to build broader movements
 for social change"
"
when and if they come... ?

 t'is it godot andy ?

" If growth
happens in spurts"

if ?

 look at the record
bub 
 short "spurts" and long lulls 
thats been the name 
         for
 durable union   org  growth  
 

 " we need to be prepared 
 to take advantage
 and create opportunities 
for those spurts 
in growth to occur" 

interesting 
  spurts in mass movement 
cause spurts in unionization?

 it needs a  bottom up boost
                   andy ?

you're just like the guy
buildin the cisterns 
to catch the rain fall

not the driller after springs 
just waiting to bubble up 

hhhmmm

i will revisit this later tonite 

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