Yup, that’s what they called ‘community organizers’ back in his day...
...but his analogy is still spot on!
Well I’ll be darned.
Good find.
Booker T. had a lot of great things to say. But today he would be called a sellout - Oreo - Uncle Tom etc.
Great book.
Thank you for digging up this salient quote! This is indeed an American classic that has always needed wider exposure.
These days, the only ones who lose during a strike are those striking. Companies pay for “strike insurance”. They can hang on for far longer than the average union worker. I don’t know about governments, but businesses long ago gained the upper hand over what many believed was highway robbery by union thugs. The sad thing is no one who is in a union really has any clout. They’re between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
I will not begin to tell you about Teachers’ Unions, but I can tell you from very painful experience the folks who have backed the NEA play hardball and take no prisoners. 41 years ago I could have told all of you this would happen, but as usual most Americans are too fat, dumb and happy to care about those who were on the front lines back in the day. Those were some very scary folks and they had no business being anywhere near children. My father was even an International Vice President of the Newspaper Guild. He had worked to maintain integrity for both sides as a negotiator for 25 years when the NEA hit town where he was President of the School Board as a “test” case. They threatened us night and day — 24/7. They followed us wherever we went. Yeah, they’re just swell folks. I’d let you talk to him, but he died two years after they finished with us. Lovely folks.