The Breaking of the English Working Class with Jonas Marvin

Join Jonas Marvin in conversation with Dan Whittall to discuss his new book, The Breaking of the English Working Class.
About this Event

Jonas Marvin will discuss his new book The Breaking of the English Working Class, published by Verso, at the Book Corner in Halifax's Piece Hall on Thursday 10th September from 6.30pm.

This event is hosted jointly by The Book Corner and Calderdale TUC. Calderdale TUC chair Daniel Whittall will be in discussion with Jonas, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions as well as pick up signed copies of the book.

The Breaking of the English Working Class retells the story of the working class over the last 40 years - from Thatcher's war against the unions to New Labour neoliberalism. Marvin explains how power and capital have combined to shatter a radical identity into many parts, the fragments of which are then set in conflict against each other. Blending political analysis with an account of his own experiences of class in London and the rustbelt Midlands, Marvin shows how the working class have been demonised and managed into impotence. But the working class is more than just an identity. Marvin argues that it embodies a collective will to demand change, one that can - and must - be rekindled.