Archive: Margaret Thatcher

• WCP: Will the British Working Class Stand Up and Fight Back?

  A tired and familiar pattern has emerged in several countries: working-class voters rally behind nationalist, often populist politicians who promise relief but deliver policies that bring more econo

  Categories: Labor Studies, Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Electoral Politics, Great Britain, John Russo, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Populism, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Tories, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Voters

• WCP: Justice for Hillsborough: Working-Class Solidarity Prevails

  When 96 football fans in Great Britain were unlawfully killed in a 1989 disaster, police and media covered up the negligence of senior police officers and laid the blame on working-class supporters.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: 96, Andy Clark, Hillsborough, John Russo, Liverpool, Margaret Thatcher, Police, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Happy Valley: Cops, Killers, and Working-Class Community

  Happy Valley satisfies all of the Kalmanovitz criteria for a worthy television series: it has a perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it features engaging representations of working-class characters, a

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Community policing, Happy Valley, John Russo, Margaret Thatcher, Netflix, Nick Coles, Police, Sherry Linkon, television, TV series, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives