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A tribute to Joe Bageant: Now the World is a Sadder, Sillier Place By Michael Tallon
This tribute to Joe Bageant originally appeared last May in La Cuadra, a print magazine published in Guatemala. The magazine recently posted the following to the web, and here it is. Continue reading
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Book review of ‘Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir’ by Joe Bageant – So different yet so familiar By William Bowles
What Joe calls the white underclass, some forty-plus million Americans, who struggle to survive out of sight and out of mind of the urban middle class who not only manage capitalism but who also shape the kind of self-image people end up having of themselves. They are Marx’ surplus labour writ big, real big. They… Continue reading
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America’s White Underclass By Joe Bageant
‘White underclass’ is a term I’ve used often in my writing, and most American readers seem to know what I mean. They’ve got eyes and live in the same nation I do. But in a sudden burst of journalistic responsibility, I decided that if I am going to throw around the word underclass, then I… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 