the proletariat

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Ylfa’s sauce enthusiasm addresses class disparity, the suppression of the proletariat, egomania and how food can unite people and tear them apart.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

It’s an inverse work song, one that juxtaposes hard toil with a flow that cannot be interrupted by the frustrations of the proletariat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

As a result, Mao addressed his rhetoric not only to the proletariat proper but to the peasantry as well.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In Grenoble, he fell in with a group of English communists who engaged in impassioned discussions about the plight of the proletariat and the fight against Nazism.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2021

And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the Party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat.

From "1984" by George Orwell