working class

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In “Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850–2000,” Geoff Eley writes that fascist violence was directed first and foremost against the organized working class and its institutions.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

“What we saw this week was a rising generation of Angelenos and working class people saying we don’t have the luxury of waiting on a decision,” she told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Frederiksen was born into a working class family of longstanding Social Democrats, her father a typographer and mother a pre-school teacher.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"Wherever we were in the world, he was always proud to be that working class Brummie and he never let anyone forget it."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

If I am now a productive fake member of the working class, it’s because I haven’t been working, in any hard physical sense, long enough to have ruined my body.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich