“I’m an NYU Contract Professor. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.” on Hyperallergic

Solidarity, it seems, is among the most important lessons one can bestow. Following the strike authorization vote, author and Tisch professor Kathy Engel composed a poem for CFU-UAW organizers, in which she recalls labor struggles of the past and affirms her commitment to withholding her labor if necessary. In a nod to Gwendolyn Brooks, the poem concludes: “We are each other’s glory/we are each other’s last chance/we are each other’s other.”

Read full article by David Markus & Listen to “Why I will Strike if Called” by Kathy Engel on Hyperallergic.