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The semester is almost done... I am glad to have a break, but it has truly been a great semester.
I feel very lucky to be in the program that I am in. The professors and students in the RESD program are so wonderful. I especially love that so many of the students come from other parts of the world. It makes studying any subject so much more interesting to hear the stories and input of the international students.
My favorite class this semester has been the labour class (of course). We read some wonderful books and watched some amazing films. For our last class we watched a film on Argentina, about workers who have taken over factories, when the owner has left, and run them as worker co-ops.... every worker paid the same and no bosses!
I really recommend that people read the book "Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation." It is really worth reading.
Maybe
“Maybe I am a machine
Absorbed in soldering subassemblies
Swarming down the conveyor,
Like a robot repeating,
The same motions forever,
Maybe I’ve become am a machine.
Maybe we’re chickens in a coup.
Neatly lined up in our roosts,
Hand speed synchronized in dim light,
The faster the music,
The more eggs we lay,
Maybe we’ve become chickens in a coop.
They…
They who extract and devour
Our pith and our marrow,
Maybe they are barefaced robbers,
Turning humans into machines,
Into consumables,
Into things buyable and sellable.
Maybe they are dignified
And law-abiding barefaced robbers.
Those gentle smiles,
That refined beauty and culture,
That rich and dazzling opulance,
Maybe all of that is ours”
Park No-hae
I feel very lucky to be in the program that I am in. The professors and students in the RESD program are so wonderful. I especially love that so many of the students come from other parts of the world. It makes studying any subject so much more interesting to hear the stories and input of the international students.
My favorite class this semester has been the labour class (of course). We read some wonderful books and watched some amazing films. For our last class we watched a film on Argentina, about workers who have taken over factories, when the owner has left, and run them as worker co-ops.... every worker paid the same and no bosses!
I really recommend that people read the book "Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation." It is really worth reading.
Maybe
“Maybe I am a machine
Absorbed in soldering subassemblies
Swarming down the conveyor,
Like a robot repeating,
The same motions forever,
Maybe I’ve become am a machine.
Maybe we’re chickens in a coup.
Neatly lined up in our roosts,
Hand speed synchronized in dim light,
The faster the music,
The more eggs we lay,
Maybe we’ve become chickens in a coop.
They…
They who extract and devour
Our pith and our marrow,
Maybe they are barefaced robbers,
Turning humans into machines,
Into consumables,
Into things buyable and sellable.
Maybe they are dignified
And law-abiding barefaced robbers.
Those gentle smiles,
That refined beauty and culture,
That rich and dazzling opulance,
Maybe all of that is ours”
Park No-hae