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Call for Submissions for "Open-Strike!"
a special issue of
j_spot the Journal of Social and Political Thought
http://www.yorku.ca/jspot/cfs.htm
j_spot@yorku.ca
Teaching assistants, contract faculty and graduate assistants of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903 at York University, have recently
returned—-victoriously-—to their academic work after a three-month
strike. In an increasingly right-wing political climate the success of
the strike announces hope and the efficacy of political praxis. This
profound event has affected many people in a variety of ways, materially,
bodily, ideologically, etc., and truly calls for testimony.
j_spot, the Journal of Social and Political Thought, is pleased to
announce a special 'open strike' issue. We aim to provide a forum for
strike commentary of all forms: critical analysis, social and political
theory, email threads, photographs and other art-making, documents of
actions, hypertext, and personal reflection. While the recent CUPE 3903
strike is the impetus behind this call, as are labour issues related to
the York University Faculty Association strike of 1997 and the recent
action at Carleton University in Ottawa, we are also interested in
theoretical reflections on the state and status of the university as a
pedagogical site in relation to critical contemporary realities of
education and academic work. We encourage submissions that consider a
larger context. What are the exigencies of the current situation at your
university? In relation to your political system? How do labour disputes,
faculty and student movements, government pressures, departmental
administrations, or other social and political forces impact upon the
delivery and experience of education?
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Please forward submissions as soon as possible to j_spot@yorku.ca. In
order to create a timely response, the special "Open-Strike!" issue of
j_spot will be posted online as soon as it reaches a critical mass.
"Open-Strike!" will _not_ be peer-refereed in the manner of other issues
of the journal, but the journal's editorial collective reserves the right
to vet and edit articles as appropriate. Regular submissions for peer
review are still being received; potential contributors should consult
the journal's website.
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j_spot@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/jspot
j_spot the Journal of Social and Political Thought
"j_spot is an interdisciplinary electronic journal focusing on a wide
range of intersections between theory, politics, culture, and social
justice. In light of contemporary political and intellectual conditions
in late capitalist society, j_spot aims to expand the space for
interdisciplinary critique, innovation, and originality. Already situated
in the rapidly evolving nexus of technologically mediated social and
political change-—a transformative nexus which itself must not escape
critique—-j_spot aims to give free rein to the crucial, critical energies
that aim beyond a deadly acceptance of the status quo."
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M. Michael Schiff | mailo:m@mmichael.com
Ph.D. Candidate | Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought
York University | Toronto | Canada
http://www.mmichael.com | http://www.yorku.ca/SPoT
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