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:
/51/ Oh, Brazil: What Now?
/50/ On The Market ft. Anna Khachiyan
/49/ Kids & Confessions ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
/48/ Ultra-Politics in Brazil ft. Sabrina Fernandes
/47/ Woke Consumerism
/46/ Exiting Capitalist Realism
/45/ Liberalism: A Counter-Podcast
/44/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome (N.O.B.S.)
/43/ City Struggles ft. Ben Bradlow / David Adler
/42/ Erdogan Ever-Present? ft. Yasemin Yilmaz
/41/ The Colombian Exception ft. Pablo Medina Uribe
/40/ Centrists Are the Bad Guys ft. David Adler
/39/ Geopolitics of the World Cup ft. Karl Sharro & Euan Marshall
/38/ The Economics of Exit ft. Thomas Fazi
/37/ The Ghosts of May '68 ft. Catherine Liu
/36/ Portugal: The Soft Whip? ft. Catarina Príncipe
/35/ (Dis)Arm the People? ft. Reid Kane
/34/ War Propaganda ft. Tara McCormack
/33/ Hungary's Illiberal Democracy ft. Tamas Gerocs
/32/ Brazil Moves Right? ft. Sabrina Fernandes
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