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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Small teaching wins: in my Sociology of Work and Industry class at @mcgillarts.bsky.social , I start each lecture with a song related to the world of work. Usually students keep chatting as they get settled in and ready for class. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reposting my @theglobeandmail.com op-ed from last year re: Air Canada strike in light of the Carney gov't's current plan to "reform" the Canada Labour Code in a way that will curtail workers' Charter-protected right to strike. It seems that they still don't want to learn from history 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Take a few minutes to watch @alexhanna.bsky.social break down key myths about AI and the workplace: youtu.be/3BO0iy91lfU?...

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Myths Around AI and Labor

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McGill Arts @mcgillarts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Le NPD ne défend pas les droits des employés de Dynacare, selon Barry Eidlin, professeur agrégé au Département de sociologie de l’Université McGill et spécialiste des mouvements syndicaux. @eidlin.bsky.social ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

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Le NPD ne défend pas les droits des employés de Dynacare, selon un expert | OHdio | Radio-Canada

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le 6 à 9 : Le NPD ne défend pas les droits des employés de Dynacare, selon un expert

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@kirstenanker.bsky.social and I were able to sit down with Jules Bugiel at CKUT 90.3FM this afternoon to talk about the current state of faculty unionization and contract bargaining at McGill. (Scroll to 4:33 here to listen to to the interview): archives.ckut.ca/archives/128...

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Academic Fashion Report, First Day of School 2026-27 Edition: After a summer in LA full of travel, bike rides and trips to the farmers’ market with the kids, and never enough writing, today was my first day back with my students at @mcgillarts.bsky.social 1/

Picture of a middle-aged white academic male posing in front of his office library.

View of the McCall MacBain Arts Building on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Québec, Canada.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The actual moment when Popper interrupted me on @yourmorningctv.bsky.social to discuss the national rail dispute #academiclife

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#BrockU is hosting the annual @cawls-acets.bsky.social conference next year. Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu... #labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Celebrating two years since Popper’s surprise guest appearance on @yourmorningctv.bsky.social to provide additional expert commentary on the national rail dispute 🐱

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, Alt-ASA 2026 Edition, Day 4: Today was day 2 of the alternative conference organized by @soc4pal.bsky.social around the theme of “Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity and Democratic Futures.” 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, Alt-ASA 2026 Edition, Day 3: Today was day 1 of the alternative conference organized by @soc4pal around the theme of “Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity and Democratic Futures.” 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, Alt-ASA 2026 Edition, Day 2: Today was full of meetings with editors, co-authors, and former students, followed by a trip up to the Midtown Hilton to join a few hundred of my fellow sociologists to protest ASA leadership’s violation of democratic process 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, Alt-ASA 2026 Edition, Day 1: The Report is back under unusual circumstances, with a boycott called by @soc4pal.bsky.social to protest ASA leadership’s violation of democratic process 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Not quite sure why this is popping up in my feed today, because IIRC 1) this was 26 years ago, not 5 years ago; and 2) it was June 1, not July 26. I’m pretty sure this was taken at the anti-FTAA protest in Windsor, Ontario, just months after the anti-WTO Battle of Seattle the previous November. 1/

A young man wearing sunglasses, a red bandana, and a Quicksand t-shirt, protesting against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas in Windsor, Ontario on June 1, 2000.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Remembering that time seven years ago when I debated Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackie in a Las Vegas hotel on the merits of capitalism vs. socialism as part of FreedomFest, a big libertarian gathering. 1/

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Check out the full program of our alternative conference with over 60 sessions (!) in NYC next month. Register today! Program: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc2026 Registration: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

White letters on a red background state the following message: Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity and Democratic Futures. A Conference for Sociologists.
Conference Program, August 10-11, 2026, CUNY Graduate Center, 364 Fifth Ave - New York City.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just got word that my proposed session on “Labour, Power, and Politics” has been approved for the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, which will be held in Gwangju, South Korea from July 4-10, 2027. 1:

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Proud to be part of this initiative bringing together 70 labour scholars from across Canada criticizing recent governmental attacks on unions. Published today in @theglobeandmail.com and @lapresse.ca #canlab #cdnpoli 1/

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sociologists stand in solidarity for a democratic ASA and a free Palestine. Sign the boycott pledge, and look out for alternative sessions & organizing events outside of ASA for folks who will be in the NYC area. #BoycotttASA

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I had a chance to review @ericblanc.bsky.social ‘s latest book for Contemporary Sociology. Worker-to-worker organizing is no panacea for reversing labour’s flagging fortunes, and Eric is acutely aware of this. 1/

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Mike McCarthy @itsmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What should the left do when it governs? My new one from @hammerandhope.bsky.social

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We're excited to announce an alternative conference for those boycotting ASA! "Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity & Democratic Futures" will take place in NYC on Aug 10-11 at the CUNY Graduate Center. RSVP today: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Still not fully recovered from last week’s @labornotes.bsky.social conference in Chicago. Despite taking place in a time of huge challenges for unions and the working class in general, it was an inspiring place to take stock, recharge, and gear up for the battles ahead. 1/

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

@eidlin.bsky.social rocking S4P's pin and showing support for Palestine 🇵🇸 We will be sharing more pins at our alternative conference in August. Another great reason to #boycottASA😉 There are many ways to support, and we appreciate how sociologists are showing up in this moment!

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Pro tip: if you ever get the chance to hear @prof-deleon.bsky.social give a talk, sprint to it. He is an amazing speaker, incredible scholar, and all around great human. Thanks for the great talk and congratulations on the book prize Prof de Leon!

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

David Camfield and I go back three decades, to the days of the New Socialist Group and the various Days of Action citywide strikes across Ontario in the mid-1990s. 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It was great to reconnect with @prof-deleon.bsky.social at the @cawls-acets.bsky.social meeting in Winnipeg. Not only did we get to catch up & strategize together, but he got to pick up his hardware for the Leo Panitch Book Prize, & deliver the keynote. A true friend, colleague, and comrade ✊❤️

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 3: The conference wrapped with some great panels. Most notable for me was a two-part session on “The State of Canadian Labour” 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 2: The conference continued with some great panels, including one where I presented alongside @thomascollombat.bsky.social , Steve Tufts, Julia Smith, and Geoff Bickerton 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Academic Conference Fashion Report, CAWLS 2026 Edition, Day 1: We kicked off this year’s premier gathering of Canadian labour scholars with a morning plenary, followed by paper sessions and then a bus/walking tour of Winnipeg’s North End led by a local indigenous community activist, 1/

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Looking forward to gathering in Winnipeg with my fellow laboUr scholars for the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies! See you 🔜 #CanLab

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We are finally seeing ASA leadership recognize the ASA meeting boycott and its impacts, to the point where they're extending the deadline to June 15, and committing to an early council meeting to "work towards a resolution." Keep up the pressure! As we've been saying, boycotts work!

We look forward to seeing many members in New York in August for the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting. It is shaping up to be an engaging meeting, and we're excited about the program that has come together.

We extend a sincere thank you to the many volunteers who have contributed their time and energy to making this program possible by organizing panels, reviewing submissions, and supporting the meeting in so many ways. These efforts are meaningful and truly appreciated.

We understand that some members are choosing to boycott the meeting, while others plan to participate in person as originally intended. If your paper was accepted, you will have a scheduled room and time to present as listed in the online program. This includes sessions where organizers, presiders, or other panelists have chosen not to participate, even if fewer papers are ultimately presented. Please note that to have a presentation count as part of the 2026 Annual Meeting, participants must be registered and follow ASA registration policies, including those for remote presentations.

The registration deadline for participants listed on the online Annual Meeting program has been extended to Monday, June 15 to provide additional time to consider the information shared in this email. If you intend to present at the Annual Meeting as scheduled, please register by June 15 (before 11:59 p.m. EST).

Finally, we know this has been a challenging period for our association, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and continued engagement. Your feedback and concerns are being heard and taken seriously. We, along with Council, have been listening closely and are engaged in ongoing, thoughtful conversations about how best to move forward. Council will meet in June, ahead of its regularly scheduled August meeting, to support this ongoing effort to work toward a resolution.

Please reach out to us directly if you have questions.

Best,
Heather M. Washington
ASA Executive Director
Shelley J. Correll
ASA President

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I was up early this morning for a 4:30 am PDT interview with CTV Your Morning to talk about the Carney government’s plans to revise the Canada Labour Code, which will likely include tighter restrictions on workers’ Charter-protected right to strike. 1/ youtu.be/H6c7cXkQz58?...

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The Future of the Canada Labour Code: What’s Changing? | Your Morning

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

So proud of my students who relaunched the labour radio show on CKUT, the student radio station. The inaugural episode features an interview with me about the origins of May Day, reporting from May Day in Montreal, and a story about this weekend’s sex worker strike: ckut.ca/archive-play...

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CKUT 90.3 FM

CKUT is a non-profit, campus-community radio station based in Montreal

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My annual repost of Wallace, our punk rock kitty 🐱 #WallaceChaton #CatsOfPunkRock #BlackFlag

A cat looking like he is roaring, counterposed with a picture of Black Flag lead vocalist Henry Rollins screaming on stage.

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Nearly 700 sociologists have pledged to boycott this year's ASA meeting in a fight for a democratic sociology. Join the boycott, and share (DM or email video) with us why you plan to #BoycottASA Read #BoycottASA FAQ: www.sociologistsforpalestine.org/faqs

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Are you upset about the actions of the ASA leadership? Do you want a more democratic ASA, but are unsure of what to do? Support S4P's call to boycott the ASA registration fees and hotel block this August!

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Journos based in the EU must press their respective governments for clear answers as to what kind of consular support has been provided to these hostages of a rogue state If they'd been kidnapped by the Iranian regime, their governments would've never heard the end of it

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

[English below] Ce fut un grand honneur de participer à la session d’ouverture du colloque des États généraux du syndicalisme, qui a réuni à Drummondville des centaines de délégués venant de partout à travers le Québec mardi et mercredi dernier. 1/

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin addressing the opening session of the États généraux du syndicalisme conference, while Françoise David looks on.

The speakers at the opening session of the États généraux du syndicalisme conference.

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin with legendary feminist activist and Québec solidaire co-founder Françoise David.

McGill sociology professor Barry Eidlin with CSN president Caroline Senneville and FTQ president Magali Picard.

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

ASA is fundamentally a member-driven organization, relying to the unpaid work and goodwill of thousands of dues-paying members. The executive's recent actions fly in the face of that reality, and undermine the basis for our association 1/

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"More than ever the American Sociological Association has to choose if it will use data and rationality to take a public stand & protect all social groups including Palestinians or knuckle under an administration that has no respect for our discipline and in some cases see sociologists as the enemy"

Campuses in Florida, Texas, and other states have been purged of sociological reason.
Content is being dictated by state and federal government who have also commissioned
"politically correct" textbooks. More than ever the American Sociological Association has to choose if it will use data and rationality to take a public stand and protect all social groups including Palestinians or knuckle under to an administration that has no respect for our discipline and in some cases see sociologists as the enemy.
Respectfully,
Mary

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

And this of course, links to the broader erosion of democracy that we're observing in the country, "The fundamentals of sociological reason and research ... are under attack by our own government. Antisemitism is being callously used ... to eliminate social sciences that criticize ... policy." 6/

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

She continues "ASA relies on enormous amounts of volunteer labor to function, and we serve gladly because we are a member association; that work may become less attractive and more difficult to justify if the association morphs into a corporation and continues its undemocratic practices." 5/

ASA relies on enormous amounts of volunteer labor to function, and we serve gladly because we are a member association; that work may become less attractive and more difficult to justify if the association morphs into a corporation and continues its undemocratic practices.
This could be as dangerous a time to be a sociologist as in Germany in the 1930's. The fundamentals of sociological reason and research -- that is, how social systems, structures, and functions work, change, and affect various social groups -- are under attack by our own government. Antisemitism is being callously used as a propaganda weapon to fire university presidents and eliminate social sciences that criticize aspects of domestic or foreign policy.

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Romero laments the transformation of ASA from a member organization to a "corporation," detailing how for decades she has been fighting this slow erosion of its democracy, and the exclusion of members from having a voice in the organization. 4/

For several years now, I have been disappointed as the Association moved from being a member's incorporated Association to a Corporation that now relies on lawyers to justify actions not supported by the ASA Bylaws and increasingly centralizes all decision-making processes in the Executive Office thus removing democratic practices. I expressed these concerns in 2017 after the association made a complete transition that removed 10 long term staff members and began ignoring Council decisions made in the past, thus erasing the mechanisms of institutional memory, and eroding ASA's structure as a membership-based organization.

After serving as a Council Member-at-Large (2006-2009) and Secretary (2013-2016), I returned for my first Council Meeting as President Elect in 2017 and was handed the meeting agenda book marked with the statement "Confidential For Council Use Only." This statement binds Council members to secrecy, that prohibits Council members from discussing or seeking input with members before the Council deliberates policy. Council agreed that members had the right to know what topics/issues Council is to deliberate before the fact. In the past Council made this policy explicit by requiring the Executive Director to publicly post each Council's Agenda well in advance of the meetings, allowing members to know what will be discussed in case they want to provide input.

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

She emphasizes that to this end, "the argument about membership is a red herring" Adding that "While some ASA members may have left in response to the 2024 resolution, there are many who stayed because it did pass." 3/

The argument about membership is a red herring. Like other academic associations, ASA has low participation rates in voting. Members vote when issues are important to them or to their sections (and past data show that members identify more with their sections than the overall association). Low membership participation occurs not only when voting on policies but also when voting for elected officers. Yet, I have never heard of our association contemplating not installing an elected officer or rejecting a bylaw revision because only a minority of the total membership voted.
While some ASA members may have left in response to the 2024 resolution, there are many who stayed because it did pass. (If the Executive Office and Council were concerned with losing members, they might have considered the consequences of holding annual meetings exclusively on the East Coast and Chicago.)

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

She writes that ASA has a tradition of condemning human rights violations, and that the BDS resolution "assures that ... our membership does not contribute to or support organizations that participate in genocide, human rights violations or in the current US regime's campaign of scholasticide." 2/

The letter distributed to the membership selectively chose information that supported a view to justify violating Section 9 of the Bylaws. Over the life of our organization ASA has made numerous statements criticizing human rights violations as they particularly impact sociologists and students. There is ample sociological qualitative and quantitative data that Israel state policy established an apartheid system and are committing genocide against the Palestinian people. We also have ample sociological evidence of the role that institutions, including universities, grants, and scholarship, play in maintaining government policies. The resolution for the ASA Boycott of Israeli academic institutions assures that as an association, our membership does not contribute to or support organizations that participate in genocide, human rights violations or in the current US regime's campaign of scholasticide.

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Recognizing the complicity of Israeli academia in genocide, she asks "How can ASA support sociology faculty and students when they are unwilling to address policies instigated by a foreign government, in consortium with the US regime that attacks our research, teaching, practice, and funding?" 1/

How can ASA support sociology faculty and students when they are unwilling to address policies instigated by a foreign government, in consortium with the US regime that attacks our research, teaching, practice, and funding?

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Mary Romero, President of the ASA for its 110th session in 2019, when her theme was “Engaging Social Justice for a Better World” has announced she is boycotting this year's meeting in reaction to ASA leadership's decision. With her permission we share the full text of her letter here.

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Joel Andreas wrote, "Were you ashamed while you were writing this blatantly misleading and anti-democratic message? The resolution proposed by the membership petition is clearly about a public policy issue... You may be opposed to it, but that is for the membership, not the two of you to decide."

Dear Professors Washington and Correll,
Were you ashamed while you were writing this blatantly misleading and anti-democratic message? The resolution proposed by the membership petition is clearly about a public policy issue, like many issues on which the ASA has previously taken a stand. You may be opposed to it, but that is for the membership, not the two of you to decide.
Sincerely,
Joel Andreas
Professor of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University

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