Archive: Public Housing

• WCP: Estate Life: Working-Class Communities and Social Housing

  In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield writes that the public housing that many British citizens depend on faces the threat of demolition. Although some view these council estates

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Council Estates, Great Britain, John Russo, Public Housing, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Russell Brand: The Usefulness (or Not) of a Working-Class Celebrity Activist

  Using his celebrity as a megaphone, Russell Brand has brought attention to a number of working-class causes. However, commentators have frequently dismissed his activism, unable to reconcile Brand's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Celebrity, Great Britain, John Russo, London, Mainstream Media, Public Housing, Russell Brand, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives