Solutions
Dylan Riley – First Principles
How the left reconnects to the working class is a fundamental question of our time that no one seems to have a compelling answer to. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Working Class
EU politics
Polina Manolova – German Social Democrats Cast Low-Wage Migrants as Fraudsters
‘In today’s Germany, foreign populations are treated as disposable — desired for their labor but despised for who they are. That this is also the fault of SPD politicians shows what German Social Democracy has […]
Uncategorized
Sophina Clark, Daniel Judt – A Half-Century of Harry Braverman’s ‘Labor and Monopoly Capital’
‘Harry Braverman’s arguments in his classic book ‘Labor and Monopoly Capital’ presciently forecasted much of our present labor regime — and can help us move beyond it.’ In Jacobin. Read the full article HERE.
Finance
Guy Standing – The Left Must Embrace the Precariat
The right has done a better job than the left in understanding how the working class is internally divided and appealing to one section of it. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS […]
Media
Ken Loach and Paul Laverty’s Final Show: Interview with Paul Laverty
Who will produce cinema about the working class when Ken Loach is gone? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Niels Nyholt – How school and hospital closures affect political support
A study finds that school closures do move rural communities and the working class away from mainstream parties and towards right-wing populists. Niels Nyholt is a Postdoc in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus […]
EU politics
Virginie Martin: How the death of Nahel M. inflamed an already embattled France
The riots in France should be seen against the backdrop of Emmanuel Macron’s failure to offer solutions or even a coherent narrative to the country’s working class. Cross-posted from The Conversation Europe The events that […]