Portions, Chapter 11: Moving to Ithaca
I received two job offers. Stanley Aronowitz offered me a teaching job at Staten Island Community College. He ran an urban clinic operation out of the College where working class kids put theory and practice together. He wanted someone on his team that combined...
Portions, Chapter 12: The Human Affairs Program
The Human Affairs Program began in 1969. Its mission was to combine active learning and concrete involvement with poor and working people in New York’s Southern Tier region. According to the job announcement I responded to, the program “emphasizes three goals:...
Portions, Chapter 13: Going to the USSR
Organizers against a large power line coming through northern New York and heading to New York City used to meet at a large home in Holland Patten, a small town north of Utica. I went there to play poker, just as I was getting ready to make my trip to the USSR in...Clark Gilman
What I learned from Dan First and always – Follow The Rules. Working class people are never surprised by The Rules, they have always learned and lived a version of The Rules. Don’t ever defend or explain the rules to those in power. Actions speak louder than...What’s New
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