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Has the working class disappeared? Fact and fiction

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Fred Weston
22 September 2023
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When I get up in the morning, put on my shoes and tie up the laces, I often ask myself: “who made those shoes?” Likewise, when I sit at the table to have breakfast, I wonder, “who made the table and who worked on the farm that produced the oats in my porridge?” When I go for my annual check-up at my local doctor’s surgery, I wonder: “to what class does the nurse belong?” You may be wondering why I ask myself these questions. Well, it is because we are bombarded by the idea, apparently in defiance of my experience, that the working class no longer exists; that it has been dissolved and now we are all mostly ‘middle class’.

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Germany: no longer Europe’s bulwark of stability

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Alex Kalabekow and Oliver Brotherton
21 September 2023
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Once hailed as Europe’s bulwark of stability, Germany is entering a period of deep turmoil. The era of economic growth and class peace is at an end. Now, Germany is experiencing an intense crisis, as all the pillars of its...
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First national meeting of the Irish Marxists a big success!

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Ewan McGrane
21 September 2023
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9 September marked the first All-Ireland meeting of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) which met in Dublin. Comrades came from around the country including Dublin, Belfast, Derry, Meath and Limerick, with a comrade...
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China: the crisis facing the youth today and the struggle for the future

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Kazimich
20 September 2023

Britain: communism, the youth, and the fight for revolution

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Rob Sewell
19 September 2023

Syria: class lines open as protests erupt against fuel subsidy cuts

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Marxist Alternative – Syria
19 September 2023

Sweden: “Scandinavian socialism” or a bosses’ paradise?

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Ylva Vinberg
18 September 2023
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