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: /336/ Reading Club: Freedom (3)
Excerpt: /335/ AI & the End of the End of History
/334/ Cancellation is Cancelled ft. Norman Finkelstein
Excerpt: /333/ Aufhebonus Bonus (April 2023)
UNLOCKED: /306/ AI Capitalism: Inhuman Power
/331/ The Zone (pt. 1) ft. Quinn Slobodian
Excerpt: /330/ Reading Club: Freedom (2)
/329/ Justice Warriors ft. Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson
Excerpt: /328/ The New Scramble for Africa
/327/ Capitalism on Edge ft. Albena Azmanova
UNLOCKED! /319/ The Dead Left (II) ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
Excerpt: /326/ What Did Capitalism Do Next?
Excerpt: /325/ Reading Club: Freedom (1)
/324/ Reifying Race ft. Kenan Malik
Excerpt: /323/ Tasty Frictionless Convenience
/321/ Covid Dissensus ft. Toby Green & Thomas Fazi
Excerpt: /320/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Feb 2023)
/318/ The Dead Left ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
/316/ From Emergency to Emergency: 2022 Review, ft. Ashley Frawley
/314/ Shallow & Wrongheaded Filmic Squabbles ft. Maren Thom & Alex Dale
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