Archive: Sarah Attfield
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WCP: Working-Class Scholars and Activists Bringing Change
In recent years, class has gained fresh attention as a system that creates and reinforces inequality. As Sarah Attfield writes in this week's Working-Class Perspectives, this is due in part to the ef
Categories: News, Working-Class Perspectives
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WCP: English Football and Working-Class Culture
The recent announcement that some of the top football clubs in Europe were going to form a separate elite league drew immediate protests from fans. In Working-Class Perspectives this week, Sarah Attf
Categories: News, Working-Class Perspectives
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WCP: Will 2021 Bring Positive Change for Working-Class People?
As we've noted many times, the pandemic has hit working-class people around the world especially hard. But as Sarah Attfield reminds us in Working-Class Perspectives this week, the incredible hardshi
Category: News
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WCP: Working-Class Public Housing in the COVID Spotlight
In Working-Class Perspectives this week, Sarah Attfield explains how low-income residents of Australian public housing towers have struggled with lockdowns and policing.
Category: News
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WCP: The Global Working Class Fights Back
2018 has seen many working-class people around the world standing up for their rights and pushing back against injustice and inequality. Some of these fights have made the mainstream news in western countries, but many have not. As we reflect on the year that is ending, let’s not forget the struggles of working-class people and the successes of collective action and solidarity. Around the world, people have had enough of corporate greed and government inaction to combat inequality.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: The Royal Family and Their Working-Class Fans
Americans and Britons alike often enjoy reveling in the pomp and fanfare of the British Royal Family, despite the Royal Family’s distance from working-class citizens. In Working-Class Perspectives, Sarah Attfield argues that instead of glamorizing the royals, we ought to be paying more attention to the labor and struggles of the working-class.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Working-Class People on the Snowfields: Class at the Winter Olympics
As stories about the Winter Olympics focus on athletes’ performance and training, the reality is that sports such as skiing, snowboarding, and figure skating are prohibitively expensive for most working-class families. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield examines the unseen but powerful impact of class at these games.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Working-Class Women Unionists on the Front Lines
Working-class women are becoming the face of the labor movement in Australia and inspiring unions to fight for feminist issues. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield profiles three women unionists at the helm of the worker struggle in Australia.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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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
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WCP: A Working-Class Appreciation for the National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain provides universal access to all levels of health care with no payment required at point of service. As Sarah Attflied describes in this week's Wor
Category: Visiting Scholars