I am a librarian. Once we were passionate supporters of library service to labor. We had a newsletter. We had a big group of members. Since about 1970 interest diminished until now we have one award that recognizes libraries that collect labor materials, but no big megaphone and hard to get volunteers for this one committee. The working …
I am a librarian. Once we were passionate supporters of library service to labor. We had a newsletter. We had a big group of members. Since about 1970 interest diminished until now we have one award that recognizes libraries that collect labor materials, but no big megaphone and hard to get volunteers for this one committee. The working class is not a priority. As you say we have many things we care about--but they are so many things with no overarching direction so people are in so many different focused small groups (except Intellectual Freedom but even that has boundaries now). And I agree, the violent protests have not netted a direction that anyone can see. When the Murrah building was destroyed people came together. Now there seems to be no common cause.
I am a librarian. Once we were passionate supporters of library service to labor. We had a newsletter. We had a big group of members. Since about 1970 interest diminished until now we have one award that recognizes libraries that collect labor materials, but no big megaphone and hard to get volunteers for this one committee. The working class is not a priority. As you say we have many things we care about--but they are so many things with no overarching direction so people are in so many different focused small groups (except Intellectual Freedom but even that has boundaries now). And I agree, the violent protests have not netted a direction that anyone can see. When the Murrah building was destroyed people came together. Now there seems to be no common cause.