Is there a new 'transformative' class?
[Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive]
We close of the 2022 Reading Club, and the final section on 'Neo-Feudalism', by discussing how class is changing. Through readings by Guy Standing and Ruy Braga, we ask if the precariat are the new serfs in a supposed feudal-ish social formation.
It's clear the old Fordist arrangements have broken down, so what does the working class look like today? Is it still a class in the old sense? Braga argues we are witnessing 'class struggle without class'. But why then do the precariat's revolts only target state political authority, and not property relations?
Readings:
Excerpt: /144/ Reading Club: New Social Movements
Excerpt: /143/ Aufhebonus Bonus (August)
/142/ Dollar Empire (2) ft. Daniel Bessner
/141/ Oh Lebanon, What Now? ft. Rima Majed
Excerpt: /140/ Three Articles: Right-Populism
/139/ Dollar Empire ft. Yakov Feygin & Dominik Leusder
Excerpt: /138/ Fuck, Abolish, Defund: The Police
Excerpt: /137/ Reading Club: War, Technology, The State
/136/ Banana Monarchy ft. David Edgerton
UNLOCKED /115/ Singapore Shangri-La ft. Lee Jones
Excerpt: /135/ Aufhebonus Bonus (June)
Excerpt: /134/ The Call - Afterparty
/133/ The Call ft. Krithika Varagur
/132/ Partial to Slavs ft. Lily Lynch
Excerpt: /131/ Reading Club: The PMC
Excerpt: /130/ Three Articles: BLM
/129/ The Right Is Weak ft. Corey Robin
/128/ BACKLASCH! ft. Anna Khachiyan
Excerpt: /127/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (3bis) ft. Angela Nagle & Michael Tracey
/126/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (3) ft. Angela Nagle & Michael Tracey
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