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The Revolutionary Class Today

David Harvey
TV Boitempo, 2015
Level: beginner
Perspective: Marxian Political Economy
Topic: Inequality & Class, Labour & Care
Format: Lecture / Presentation
Duration: 00:12:07
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAxv64m4gsM

What is the working class under present circumstances and in particular in urban lives? David Harvey explains how the concept of the working class is still suitable for the current organization of work – even if working conditions changed, now being more service-oriented and diffused. Harvey further discusses how this diffused working class can organize via urban neighbourhoods.

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Tags: alienation | class conflict | services | urban life | value | working class
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