Downstream: Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class w/ Jonas Patrick Marvin
Summary
Jonas Patrick Marvin discusses his book, The Breaking of the English Working Class, arguing that right-wing narratives falsely divide the working class by pitting white voters against immigrants. He contrasts the distinct class experiences in London and Stoke-on-Trent to expose a 60-year project of fragmentation that undermines solidarity. Marvin defines class through material struggle rather than identity, urging the left to build a majoritarian coalition that addresses concrete economic issues while rejecting the "working class boy done good" trope.
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