Archive: Tim Strangleman

• WCP: Some Silver Linings for the Working Class in British Politics?

  At first glance, the outlook for British progressives is dim. Nevertheless, offering this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Strangleman sees some signs of hope for the future of working-class peo

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Great Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, John Russo, Labour Party, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A Working-Class Brexit

  The world is still reverberating from last week's Brexit referendum. The leave campaign won largely because it appealed to the anxiety and frustration of British working-class voters. In this week's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brexit, European Union, Great Britain, John Russo, Precariat, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, United Kingdom, WCP, Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Teaching Work and Learning from Working-Class Students

  We have a lot to learn from working-class students, who face unique challenges in higher education. As Tim Strangleman points out in this week's Working-Class Perspectives post, students who are inv

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Higher education, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Students, Working-Class Studies

• WCP: Class and the EU Referendum

  In June, UK citizens will decide whether their country will remain a member of the European Union. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Strangleman reflects on how working class voters in G

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brexit, European Union, Jobs, John Russo, Migration, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A Date in a Diary

  The labor movement depends on our collective strength and solidarity, but it is built on the backs of giants willing to stand up for these principles. Geoff Revell, a long-time labor leader from Lon

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Geoff Revell, John Russo, Labor Leaders, London, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Dressing Up In Class

  Fashion is bizarre. We increasingly find ourselves dressing up in clothes designed to resemble the uniforms workers had to wear decades ago for industrial jobs. In this week's Working-Class Perspect

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Fashion, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, Underground, Uniforms, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Workwear

• WCP: Remembering to Forget: The Loss of Working-Class Industrial Jobs

  It is tempting to think that we live in a post-industrial society, but the reality is that there still millions of good-paying industrial jobs that sustain the middle class in both the United States

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Conservatives, Great Britain, Green Jobs, Industrial Economy, Industrial Jobs, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, United Kingdom, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A New Leader for Labour in the UK

  We are very proud that John Russo, our Visiting Scholar for the 2015-16 academic year, brings the renowned Working-Class Perspectives blog to the Kalmanovitz Initiative. The blog is edited by Jo

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: Jeremy Corbyn, John Russo, Labour Party, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives