From: "Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu> Subject: Re: M-TH: Levy's dissertation? Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 23:44:43 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) What? Alan Freeman doesn't have a Ph.D.? And to think that I spoke civilly to him at the just completed Eastern Economic Association meetings! Tsk, tsk, shame on me. I certainly hope this isn't true of Paul Cockshott, Allin Cottrell, and David Laibman as well, because, gosh-a-whoop, I spoke civilly to them as well. My my, what is this world coming to?, :-) Barkley Rosser On Sun, 6 Apr 1997 22:27:08 -0400 (EDT) Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu> wrote: > LNP (the snitch) wrote: > > > Jerry, how come you never did a dissertation? > > You certainly have a way of throwing-up a cloud of dust and abuse to avoid > confronting your own abyssmal record on Spoons lists. > > As for my dissertation ... > > [short answer] > > I became a PhD candidate in 1982 at the New School. At the time I was > working on an auto assembly line in New Jersey. It's rather hard to write > a dissertation at the same time you are working full-time in industry and > involved in trade union struggles ... > > In 1985 I started to teach as an adjunct and have been teaching at 3 > colleges since. If you knew anything abut the working conditions (and pay > and benefits) of adjunct faculty, you would know how difficult it is to > complete a dissertation under those circumstances. Also, beginning in > 1996, and lasting for about five years, I was an elected trade union > representative and involved in leading a very nasty trade union struggle > against discrimination and mass firings at that school. > > Then in 1990, I became involved in community struggles in the Lower East > Side/East Village. > > Since 1995, I've been involved in coordinating a professional project of > Marxist economists (and, of course, remain politically active in community > struggles). > > In short, the pressures of work and political activism interfered with my > ability to complete my dissertation. > > I am rather surprised (actually, I'm not) at your elitist slight against > those without PhDs. Perhaps you are unaware of the many Marxist economists > such as the late Maurice Dobb, Alan Freeman, and many others who also > don't have their PhD's? > > Jerry > > > > > --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- -- Rosser Jr, John Barkley rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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