Category Archives: Issues

Is Neoliberalism Dead? Class Struggle and a Wealth Tax

Posted on April 19, 2021 by jackmetz1

It is heartening to see a wide variety of economists and policy wonks declaring the end of neoliberal austerity based on Joe Biden’s actions during his first 100 days as President.  With the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and the … Continue reading →

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Sea Shanties and the Pleasure of Work

Posted on April 12, 2021 by knewman4

I thought that the viral TikTok sea shanty trend had run its course when, just before Passover, I saw a link to a video called the “Red Sea Shanties.” Here the Jewish a capella group, Six13, changed the lyrics of … Continue reading →

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Why Burnley Voted for Brexit – and Why It Matters

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

Brexit is often presented as reflecting the politics and direction of the United Kingdom as a whole. But this obscures the great variety of opinions about ‘Europe’ in different parts of the UK. It also diverts attention from how the … Continue reading →

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Bringing Ourselves to Say “Working-Class”

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Christopher R Martin

Would it make a difference if this was called the Middle-Class Perspectives blog? Would the writers be discussing the same issues in the arts, in education, in politics, and the relationship between race, gender, and class if we were talking … Continue reading →

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Southern Black Women Are Key to Alabama Amazon Union Drive

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

Global capitalism may have met its match. Southern African-American women are challenging Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama, and it’s unclear who will be the victor.  Eighty-five percent of the Amazon warehouse workers who are voting on whether to form a union … Continue reading →

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The Myth of the Conservative Working Class

Posted on March 15, 2021 by steeltownusa

Rush Limbaugh, who passed away last month at age 70, was conservative talk radio’s most flamboyant and influential provocateur. Boasting an audience of 15 million, Limbaugh is often credited with persuading working-class voters to embrace a Republican Party whose pro-business, … Continue reading →

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Bucket Toilets and Casseroles: Belonging, Mutual Aid, and Working-Class Survival

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

This past year of the pandemic has, for many, been one of struggle and isolation. So films about single older working-class women dealing with economic and personal challenges might not seem inspiring at the moment. But the insights they provide … Continue reading →

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Workers, Climate Change, and Useless Stereotypes

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

As the Biden administration pivots the US from eliminating to increasing social and economic programs, certain priorities are coming forward. The pandemic is at the front of the line, followed closely by Biden’s “other priorities,” among the most notable being, as … Continue reading →

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Outage Outrage: Class and the Power Grid

Posted on February 22, 2021 by wcp2019

Last week’s Texas-sized climate emergency shows how energy policy decisions are not only about power but also about class. A power line is never just infrastructure. It is also a structure of class power – who counts and who doesn’t, … Continue reading →

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Not Just Viruses: What Epidemic Cinema Teaches Us about Working-Class Vulnerability

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

Over the last year of the COVID pandemic, we’ve heard over and over that “we’re all in this together,” But the quality (and “quantity”) of public health services for poor and working-class families was an issue before the Covid-19 pandemic. … Continue reading →

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