Clenched Fists, Empty Pockets: True Life Experiences of Working-Class Activists in the Middle-Class Left.

Fredric Carlsson-Andersson (editor); Atilla Piskin (editor)

ISBN 10: 1894946340 / ISBN 13: 9781894946346

Published by Kersplebedeb, 2011

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2011. Translation. pamphlet. . . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clenched Fists, Empty Pockets: True Life Experiences of Working-Class Activists in the Middle-Class Left.
• Publisher: Kersplebedeb
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894946340
• ISBN 13: 9781894946346
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Clenched Fists Empty Pockets six working-class activists from Sweden discuss their experiences with class and middle-class hegemony in a variety of left-wing scenes and organizations. In doing som they flesh out the complexities and limits of what in Sweden is referred to as a class journey. Dealing with more than economic realities, the authors grapple with the full gamut of cultural and social class hierarchies that are embedded in the society and the left. As Fredric Carlsson-Andersson and Atilla Piskin explain in their introductory essay: "The texts gathered here deal with the left as well, but in a different way: they address an alternative movement that regularly talks about the working class, but often in circles that lack even a single working-class member. In particular, though, the texts are about us: comrades from the working class who find themselves on the left, and who find themselves feeling lost and out of place obviously, not always, but often enough. It s easy to imagine the left as unconditionally welcoming. However, that s not the case. As in all other scenes, the left has strict standards of right and wrong. It can take years to learn all of the rules." This english-language edition contains a new preface by translator Gabriel Kuhn, and an introduction by former Montreal activist Michael Ryan. Translated by Gabriel Kuhn and André Moncourt.