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FALL 2007 VOLUME XXIIII NO. 3 NNeettwwoorrkknewsnews The Newsletter of Sociologists for Women in Society SSWWSS MMeeeettiinnggss iinn NNYYCC AAuugguusstt 1111--1133 22000077 FFrroomm tthhee BBiigg UUnneeaassyy ttoo tthhee BBiigg AAppppllee By: Manisha Desai The meeting in New York was organized to continue the SWS President focus of the winter meetings on Solidarities Across Borders. I was really pleased with the attendance at our sessions. rom New Orleans to New York was both a dramatic There was standing room only at Doing Gender: 20 Years shift and yet a continuation of the story of the Later which honored Candace West and Don Zimmerman's contemporaryFF crisis of the US state, in particular the increas- classic article in Gender and Society. Similarly the panel, ing privatization and corruption of the state’s security and Straight Up No Chaser: Challenges Women of Color Face in reconstruction roles. While the attack in New York, six the Academy, and Evelyn Nakano Glenn's SWS Feminist years ago, marked the beginning of this crisis, New Orleans Lecture, Yearning for Whiteness: The New Global represented the depth of this crisis. The SWS meeting in Marketing of Skin Whitening Products, were well attended New Orleans showcased how every day men and women in and led to animated discussions. I also took advantage of our New Orleans were building solidarities across borders to location in New York City and organized jointly, with ASA rebuild even as the state had abdicated its responsibilities. and Women Make Movies, a day-long women's film The US model of privatization of state roles was also evident festival. It was a first for SWS and I hope we can continue in the cases of India and Nicaragua where people faced with it at future meetings. similar natural disasters exposed even more festering social As in past years we capitalized on the simultaneous meet- disasters compounded by their respective state’s roles. ...continued on page 3 President's Message: March On Washington: plus ça change plus c’est la même chose By: Manisha Desai For example, a group of men and sal politics a lot of organizing is still President women, dressed as cheer leaders, per- done around identity politics. formed skits critiquing the Whatever the case, lack of diversity y fourteen year old son and I IMF/World Bank/WTO. Gender bend- continues to be an issue. joined thousands of marchers ing and camp were the norm as high- Another thing that has stayed the inMM Washington on Sept. 15th 2007 to lighted by the performances of Code same are the issues. Many of the protest the war in Pink, www.codepink4peace.org, activists who participated were veter- Iraq. This march which uses “humor and joy to “wage ans of Vietnam era anti-war move- was the first in peace.” The ‘die-in,” which began a ments. And most expressed deep dis- which Iraqi veter- few months ago in many local rallies appointment that forty years later we ans against the and protest is now spreading and rep- were still protesting wars. What had war and their fam- resents the growing number of new we accomplished in the intervening ilies led the symbolic repertoires. years they asked? While this despair protest. I was It was thrilling to see the park fill is not totally warranted, the nexus of struck by how up with people, young and old, flam- power between the elite and the peo- some things have boyant and sedate, veterans and civil- ple’s movements has not changed changed even as others have stayed the ians. But despite this apparent diver- much. As Piven and Cloward noted same. What has changed is the technology sity what struck us was how we, peo- many decades ago, elite respond only of organizing and the repertoires of protest. ple of color, were among the minori- when people are able to disrupt busi- Most of the information and planning of ty. It was predominantly a white ness as usual. And despite our suc- the event was done online. ANSWER, Act event. When the rally began, howev- cesses, we haven’t been able to effect Now to Stop War and End Racism, er, many of the speakers were men a real change in power. Our mes- (http://answer.pephost.org), the umbrella and women of color. The message sages have not become hegemonic organization that sponsored the event is a was also more global and made and we do not have the resources to national network with many local affili- explicit linkages between war and make it so. The mainstream media do ates. The event itself consisted of a rally at occupation of Iraq and other strug- not even feel compelled to acknowl- Lafeyette Park, across from the White gles such as those in Palestine, Haiti, edge our presence. House, a march on Pennsylvania Avenue and Afghanistan. Most of the mes- Neither of the two papers we read from the White House to the Capitol, and sages also made connections between daily, the New York Times or the ended with a “die-in” at the Capitol Steps. economic and social justice and Hartford Courant, covered the march The use of the internet and the cell phone peace. This was indeed heartening. on their front pages. Both devoted a have transformed the organizing of such But what explains the continuing quarter page to it and the focus was large events. We signed up and paid for whiteness of the peace movement in the confrontation between the pro- our bus on line. We were sent information the US? Even Codepink which war supporters, who lined part of about the departure, details of the event, defines itself as a grassroots move- Pennsylvania Avenue, and the and the cell phone numbers of the local and ment for social and economic justice marchers and the arrests of about 100 national ANSWER activists by emails. is primarily white. Jackie Smith, at a protestors who pushed the barricades The emails were also embedded with mul- session on the US Social Forum at the at the Capitol steps. And while both tiple links to organizing groups and current SSSP meetings in New York City, papers noted the numbers of protes- status of the events. Cyberspace has made a similar observation about the tors in the thousands, ANSWER’s become an efficient way to accomplish a whiteness and the insularity of the own web site notes that 100,000 peo- lot of the nitty-gritty of mobilizing people. US peace movement. While ple marched. We rode with about 40 marchers from ANSWER is a new umbrella organi- Despite the continuities of the issues Hartford and arrived in DC about five zation that has made ending racism and the limitations of our organizing, hours ahead of the rally which was to begin part of its anti-war agenda and does there is still reason for hope. For at noon. But the park was already filling not belong to the older peace move- many young people marching for the up with marchers, souvenir vendors, and ment organizations in the country, it first time, it was a radicalizing and various groups participating in the event. is still not able to mobilize people of inspiring moment. As Gramsci noted, Many of the participants had come as indi- color to participate in large numbers. we have to maintain a skepticism of viduals and not as part of a group or organ- Part of it could be the organizing the intellect and an optimism of the ization. The technologies of organizing strategies and the lack of presence in will as we work towards establishing facilitates such participation. While many the communities of color. Another counter hegemonies. of the repertories of protest remain the reason is despite our commitment to same, there were many variations. intersectional analysis and transver- 2 ...continued from Page 1 ings of SSSP, ABS, and ASA and organized several co-sponsored sessions. Among them were: Teaching Gender Through Film; The Praxis of Academics' Activism; and Gender Research: Linking the Global and Local for Social Change. In addi- Published and distributed by Sociologists for Women in Society, an international tion there were sessions organized by several of our committees such as The organization of more than 1,000 social Employment Package: Critique Me; Feminist Teaching Portfolio; and Dissertation scientists, faculty, undergraduate and graduate Research: International Fieldwork/Research Abroad. students, sociology practitioners and independent scholars who share a dedication to social equality. What was exciting about the other meetings this year in NYC is that both ASA’s and SSSP’s presidents are SWS members and in the case of SSSP, a past president Editor . Leslie Hossfeld of SWS. I doubt that our foremothers would have predicted this level of change Graphics Editor . Allison Alvarez Hedrick when they decided to channel their frustration with ASA by starting SWS. Both Sociologists for Women in Society ASA and SSSP programs were animated by a sociology linked with the struggles President . Manisha Desai that we face at this conjuncture of US hegemony. The ASA program included President -Elect . Joey Sprague activists and other non-professional sociologists among its plenary speakers. Past President. Chris Bose Vice-President . Cynthia Anderson This revival of public sociology was also visible in the First Conference of Secretary . Tina Fetner Sociologists Without Borders on Sociology and Human Rights held at Columbia Treasurer . Kathleen Slobin University on August 15th. Deputy Treasurer . Tracey Steele The business of SWS is in good hands as indicated by the committee reports that Executive Officer . Jessica Sherwood follow. I want to highlight a couple of issues of interest to our membership.
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