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"class warfare"

Text, Lies and Videotape

January 19, 2017 by Class Action Leave a Comment

It might be 2017, but it sure feels like 1984 to me. When terms like post-truth and fake news are used to explain what we used to call lies, we must be in Orwellian times. Just as in George Orwell’s novel 1984, political-speak is becoming doublespeak, language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth.[i] […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class in the Media, Class in The News, Politics and Class Tagged With: "class warfare", fake news, media, post-truth, snobs

Against Silencing Race & Class Resistance, in Ferguson & Everywhere

August 28, 2014 by Michael C. Duff Leave a Comment

Recently I read an essay on the Huffington Post written by Baptist theologian and activist, Jeff Hood, about developments in Ferguson, Missouri.  Hood took issue with clergy on the scene who asserted to African-American protesters, “If we remain peaceful then we will get what we want!”  On the contrary, Hood argued, suppressing anger in the […]

Filed Under: Labor movement, Race and Class Tagged With: "class warfare", nonviolence, race and class, racism, speaking up, struggle

Why do we avoid class?

May 1, 2012 by Robert Cross 2 Comments

All of my life I have seen the effects of class around me, but never truly understood what “class” really means. Until recently I had not often thought about how I viewed the complicated issue of class in the United States. Though discussion of equality and fairness to all was available in school and at […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in Politics Tagged With: "class warfare", avoiding class talk, classism

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