Journal of Class and Culture

Welcome #twitter to a peer reviewed journal that aims to provide a provocative theoretical and empirical exploration of the concepts of #class and #culture -the first to exclusively address the subject! R/T and be part of this journey @AWCAcademics @ClassAcademic @AcademicsClass

A new essay from @winlow_s and myself in the Journal of Extreme Anthropology. A personal memoir of our decades-long struggle to introduce a new realist theoretical framework into western social science. journals.uio.no/JEA/article/vi… @BritSocCrim @britsoci #socialscience

When you hear them talk about "meritocracy", remember these words by David Graeber.

I need 100,000 signatures to win a parliamentary debate about the ownership of the water industry. Do your thing internet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7626…

@unseenfacts108 @graceyldn The thing is - nearly everyone in the 'creative induistries' is from a privileged background -they probably all agreed sticking him on what looks like a rundown council estate & some ridiculous caricature of w/c mens clothes waas a good idea and made him look edgy

@J_ClassCulture @graceyldn The real criminals here are the enablers…those around him who said “Sure Damian… that sounds and looks great, yes definitely release it they’re gonna love it!”

If you thought 2026 couldn’t get any worse, in full Nick Knowles midlife-crisis style, Damien Lewis has decided to release an album.

@unseenfacts108 @graceyldn And the clothes ....posh boys idea of how working class blokes dress 🤣

@graceyldn That’s just awful….like Alexander Armstrong another boarding school boy they are given this ridiculous belief and confidence that they can do anything like singing. Like Armstrong it’s so bad it’s actually funny.

Guided tours of the Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School - a treasure trove of the British and international working class movement - take place Mondays at 12; Thursdays at 4 Book your spot here eventbrite.co.uk/e/tour-of-the-…

Join us @old_waterworks for the launch of Marc Garrett's book, Feral Class. Thought-provoking memoir of a working-class artist’s journey—growing up on a council estate in Southend-on-Sea, and how the experience shaped both his life and political views. shorturl.at/AIIkp

This is the reality.

Well, the publisher isn't pushing our last book so hard now it's three years old. Do some publicity yourself, they said. OK, I lack experience but I'll have a go. "Buy our book and know more stuff you tightarses!" How am I doing so far?

Our 20-session Capital Reading Group commences 20 May! Get to grips with this foundational critique of capitalism with input from internationally renowned economists inc David Harvey & + Sign up here eventbrite.co.uk/e/capital-read…

Episode 3 of Mike Waynes Gramsci and the Struggle for a Democratic Communism podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1fUv8K…

Happy birthday to Paul Robeson — pro athlete, actor, singer, civil rights activist, and socialist — born on this day in 1898. When he traveled abroad, Robeson made a point to sing for workers. Here he is performing ‘Joe Hill’ to Scottish miners in 1949.

#youthwork is pulled into crime agendas in tokenistic ways. That’s not youth work. It is relational, voluntary and educational — and that is why it matters. If we were serious about reducing youth crime, we would invest far more in actual youth work. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Very pleased to see the cover for my forthcoming book: Learning on the Margins: #AlternativeProvision, Capital and Youth Justice Cover photo credits to Scottish artist and activist - James Holloway.

One of our associate editors Mike Wayne has a new podcast series on Gramsci based on his forthcoming book -here's a trailer -the 1st episode drops monday open.spotify.com/episode/624ZVM…

BBC News - More than 13 million living in poverty, new figures show bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I'm happy to announce this new paper — we compile evidence on the extraordinary harms caused by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programmes in the global South since the 1980s. The empirical record is devastating: documented negative impacts on wages, poverty, inequality, maternal mortality, infant mortality, healthcare access, etc. SAPs inflicted misery on the periphery in order to curtail their consumption, scupper independent development, and make labour and resources more cheaply available for the core. gh.bmj.com/content/11/Sup…

I don’t know about you, but if I was going to hold an event on economic distribution I would most likely not put four privately educated people on a stage. It’s getting awfully tiring hearing about poverty from people of all political shades who have only read about it in a book.

Reminder - I will be presenting my book, Feral Class, at Broadside, Glasgow. Publication Launch. 28.03.26. 2 – 5 pm. All welcome 🙂 broadside.space/event/for-free… Publisher - @minorcomps #readingcommunity #books #stories #WritingCommunity #outsider #art

Since Comic Relief started in 1985, child poverty has increased from 20% to 30%. We don't need charity, we need system change.