it has been a wierd few days for books in my office. So far I've pulled down the 'book of ammon' which is part of the autobiography of ammon hennessy who was a catholic workers organizer in the 40's-70's, quite a radical person. yesterday i reached up and grabbed Modern Arms and Freemen and read some of that and today i nabbed Teacher in America. which btw has a nice little section on the Ph.D. Octopus.

eh? are ya? are ya? Mcsweeney's is looking for you, and it isn't for any of the usual reasons.

The New Union.

My instincts have been screaming loud that unions are back en vogue. A consequence perhaps of Bush's 19th century economics? Have yet to find any hard evidence of a trend, but with MTV News' Gideon Yago saying things like: “all my friends are doing freelance labor that is not collectivized and they're being denied certain benefits because there's this cult of executives . . . ” it looks a lot like a trend about to be realized.

Now of course its the 21st century so the first that happens is people sampling the graphics… The logo above is for the Boston Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 26, looks pretty good doesn't it? But issues like employment and exploitation hit at levels far more visceral then the visual. Which means labor in the streets, picket lines and scabs. For better or for worse, look out for it, or maybe make it happen.

[Abstract Dynamics]

i have recently come to the decision that i do not like the taste of lamb or mutton. it tastes wrong to me and i don't like it. this is odd because i generally don't dislike things, but i've had lamb 4 times now, and i just don't like it.