working class

Class, History, Politics

Before and Without Marx: Chartist Thought

The ideas of Marx did not arise out of thin air. They grew out of the works of many others before him. Here we focus upon the independent thought that developed within the working class and that Marx would incorporate into his own conception of the world around him.  

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Capitalism, Class, History, media, Politics, Work

The Myth of the Middle Class

In the 1950s there arose the myth of America as a 'middle-class society.' How has this myth developed since then? What relation does it have to reality?

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