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>> Sarkar links the rise of corporate DEI with the decline of trade union militancy, and many on the left, she said, have realised “representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining”.
“Representation is inherently passive. Collective bargaining is base-building and empowering – it’s less about what you think and more about what you are doing,” she said. “The latter creates a much more useful kind of political agent than someone who’s just waiting to see a brown face in a high place.” <<
Ash Sarkar is onto something important about the the notion of "representation" here, but it requires deeper exploration.
"Visibility" can be nothing more than tokenism, but it might also be at least the prelude to social power, if not that power in itself.
The history of "representation" as a concept in progressive thought requires examination. Some, but not all, of its roots can be found in the ethnic and racial politics of the USA. Obviously, the history of the struggles of African Americans and others in the long Civil Rights era matters here, but so do the battles of nineteenth and early twentieth century non-WASP groups such as the Irish and Italians for power and dignity.
What we need to think about with respect to "representation" is not merely "minority" or "urban" history, important though those fields are; we also need to explore the history of the concept of "institutional racism" and investigate the the significance and effect of the jurisprudence in Supreme Court decisions like the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
The degree to which these US ideas are already embedded and possibly transformed in the UK, as well as the possibility and desirability of further transfer also merit debate.
Of course, the USA is not the only place that matters here, but one has to start somewhere.
None of these suggestions for further thought should obscure the importance of Sarkar's claim that "representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining."
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>> Sarkar links the rise of corporate DEI with the decline of trade union militancy, and many on the left, she said, have realised “representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining”.
“Representation is inherently passive. Collective bargaining is base-building and empowering – it’s less about what you think and more about what you are doing,” she said. “The latter creates a much more useful kind of political agent than someone who’s just waiting to see a brown face in a high place.” <<
Ash Sarkar is onto something important about the the notion of "representation" here, but it requires deeper exploration.
"Visibility" can be nothing more than tokenism, but it might also be at least the prelude to social power, if not that power in itself.
The history of "representation" as a concept in progressive thought requires examination. Some, but not all, of its roots can be found in the ethnic and racial politics of the USA. Obviously, the history of the struggles of African Americans and others in the long Civil Rights era matters here, but so do the battles of nineteenth and early twentieth century non-WASP groups such as the Irish and Italians for power and dignity.
What we need to think about with respect to "representation" is not merely "minority" or "urban" history, important though those fields are; we also need to explore the history of the concept of "institutional racism" and investigate the the significance and effect of the jurisprudence in Supreme Court decisions like the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
The degree to which these US ideas are already embedded and possibly transformed in the UK, as well as the possibility and desirability of further transfer also merit debate.
Of course, the USA is not the only place that matters here, but one has to start somewhere.
None of these suggestions for further thought should obscure the importance of Sarkar's claim that "representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining."
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>> Sarkar links the rise of corporate DEI with the decline of trade union militancy, and many on the left, she said, have realised “representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining”.
“Representation is inherently passive. Collective bargaining is base-building and empowering – it’s less about what you think and more about what you are doing,” she said. “The latter creates a much more useful kind of political agent than someone who’s just waiting to see a brown face in a high place.” <<
Ash Sarkar is onto something important about the the notion of "representation" here, but it requires deeper exploration.
"Visibility" can be nothing more than tokenism, but it might also be at least the prelude to social power, if not that power in itself.
The history of "representation" as a concept in progressive thought requires examination. Some, but not all, of its roots can be found in the ethnic and racial politics of the USA. Obviously, the history of the struggles of African Americans and others in the long Civil Rights era matters here, but so do the battles of nineteenth and early twentieth century non-WASP groups such as the Irish and Italians for power and dignity.
What we need to think about with respect to "representation" is not merely "minority" or "urban" history, important though those fields are; we also need to explore the history of the concept of "institutional racism" and investigate the the significance and effect of the jurisprudence in Supreme Court decisions like the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
The degree to which these US ideas are already embedded and possibly transformed in the UK, as well as the possibility and desirability of further transfer also merit debate.
Of course, the USA is not the only place that matters here, but one has to start somewhere.
None of these suggestions for further thought should obscure the importance of Sarkar's claim that "representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining."
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>> Sarkar links the rise of corporate DEI with the decline of trade union militancy, and many on the left, she said, have realised “representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining”.
“Representation is inherently passive. Collective bargaining is base-building and empowering – it’s less about what you think and more about what you are doing,” she said. “The latter creates a much more useful kind of political agent than someone who’s just waiting to see a brown face in a high place.” <<
Ash Sarkar is onto something important about the the notion of "representation" here, but it requires deeper exploration.
"Visibility" can be nothing more than tokenism, but it might also be at least the prelude to social power, if not that power in itself.
The history of "representation" as a concept in progressive thought requires examination. Some, but not all, of its roots can be found in the ethnic and racial politics of the USA. Obviously, the history of the struggles of African Americans and others in the long Civil Rights era matters here, but so do the battles of nineteenth and early twentieth century non-WASP groups such as the Irish and Italians for power and dignity.
What we need to think about with respect to "representation" is not merely "minority" or "urban" history, important though those fields are; we also need to explore the history of the concept of "institutional racism" and investigate the the significance and effect of the jurisprudence in Supreme Court decisions like the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
The degree to which these US ideas are already embedded and possibly transformed in the UK, as well as the possibility and desirability of further transfer also merit debate.
Of course, the USA is not the only place that matters here, but one has to start somewhere.
None of these suggestions for further thought should obscure the importance of Sarkar's claim that "representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining."
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>> Sarkar links the rise of corporate DEI with the decline of trade union militancy, and many on the left, she said, have realised “representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining”.
“Representation is inherently passive. Collective bargaining is base-building and empowering – it’s less about what you think and more about what you are doing,” she said. “The latter creates a much more useful kind of political agent than someone who’s just waiting to see a brown face in a high place.” <<
Ash Sarkar is onto something important about the the notion of "representation" here, but it requires deeper exploration.
"Visibility" can be nothing more than tokenism, but it might also be at least the prelude to social power, if not that power in itself.
The history of "representation" as a concept in progressive thought requires examination. Some, but not all, of its roots can be found in the ethnic and racial politics of the USA. Obviously, the history of the struggles of African Americans and others in the long Civil Rights era matters here, but so do the battles of nineteenth and early twentieth century non-WASP groups such as the Irish and Italians for power and dignity.
What we need to think about with respect to "representation" is not merely "minority" or "urban" history, important though those fields are; we also need to explore the history of the concept of "institutional racism" and investigate the the significance and effect of the jurisprudence in Supreme Court decisions like the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
The degree to which these US ideas are already embedded and possibly transformed in the UK, as well as the possibility and desirability of further transfer also merit debate.
Of course, the USA is not the only place that matters here, but one has to start somewhere.
None of these suggestions for further thought should obscure the importance of Sarkar's claim that "representation is a poor substitute for collective bargaining."
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the heartless shall spread their darkness
revoke the #RomeStatute and the #MagnaCarta
bleak #omerta so the good disheartened
and the weak shook for car, house, job, and garden
so you can’t find #LikeMinds to try be part of
leave nowt for #SignsOfTheTimes to spark off
track the #activists , block the march off
law’s just arse arc made a farce of
artists #Kneecap ped; fed to impalas (feathered and tarred)
#NoKnockRaids for kids in pyjamas
search the #journalists ’ phones regardless
is it #Nazis yet or simply parlous?
#KeithPalarver, never the sharpest
when he reads you can see him blink as he parses
#PrincipalSkinner if war crimes are tardiness
sadism without the pleasure - Marquis
#Starmer 's gormless smarmy arsekiss
half hearted carp while an army starve kids
#ScaredtoCare and #ZarahSultana
prang in the bones by #AshSarkar
and #DianeAbbott three’s a charm, eh?
Truly now it’s #StarverStarmer2/7
#Bars
#Poetry
#Lyrics
#Songs
#writing
#rhymescheme
#geopol
#MiddleEast
#IsraeliWarCrimes
#FreedomFlotilla
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#ConvoyOfSteadfastness
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#Madleen
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#Genocide
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What Do The #RacistRiots Say About #Britain?
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What Do The #RacistRiots Say About #Britain?