I am asked a lot to explain what social class is, which is completely understandable, given that I was the person to found ...
The great mystery of the neoliberal takeover of the American left lies in differing class outcomes being attributed to ideology. The liberal view of ideology is classless— the rich, PMC, working class ...
The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx and Engels famously begins with: “The history of all hither existing societies is the history of class struggles.” The United States is no exception, ...
The percentage of US workers belonging to unions fell one-tenth of 1 percent in 2024, reaching a new all-time low of just 9.9 percent. The number belonging to unions declined in both absolute and ...
is either controlled by vested interests or too powerful in itself.” — Oxford Dictionary of Sociology The term “populism” has returned to the daily vocabulary of political pundits and analysts trying ...
An interview by Ryan Stanton of Joe Burns—a labour lawyer, union activist and bargaining negotiator since the 1990s—about where the US union movement has gone wrong and what needs to change. Burns ...
The year 2019 is beginning with a wave of strikes, demonstrations and other manifestations of class struggle around the world. In France, the “yellow vest” protests are entering their 10th week, with ...
The first thing to say is that there are various ways of referring to class. Often, when people talk about class, they talk in terms of cultural/sociological labels. For example, middle-class people ...