![]() ![]() Obviously, the phrase “white working class” indicates that the workers in question are part of the working class, and, as such, of a much larger class worldwide, a mass of potential agents for the overthrow of the capitalism that oppresses them. Gilbert sets the stage for his analysis in the preface to the 1984 edition, reprinted in the new volume. ![]() ![]() What has been missing from these accounts is a historical perspective, one that looks at things from the standpoint of material reality. Conventional wisdom has it that white workers propelled Donald Trump into the Oval Office, and liberals and even some leftists seem to think that the only hope for a resurrection of progressive politics is to bring white workers back into the fold of the Democratic Party. In this timely book, a new edition of his 1984 volume Looking at the White Working Class Historically, Gilbert addresses a subject that could not be more relevant-the white working class in the United States. He has been an activist among his fellow prisoners and has maintained a lively correspondence with militants beyond the walls. ![]() Like the Sardinian radical, he has kept abreast, from a prison cell, of world events and written about them with considerable clarity. White Working Class Historically (Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2017), 97 pages, $10.00, paperback.ĭavid Gilbert is a worthy heir to Antonio Gramsci. ![]()
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