Class solidarity: What it is and how you can engage in it.
One of the most famous quotes about class in the U.S. is often attributed to revered novelist John Steinbeck. But the line actually comes from Canadian writer Ronald Wright, who paraphrases Steinbeck in his 2004 book,: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” Convoluted origins aside, the phrase has stuck, and remained firmly fixed within the U.S.
And what is class solidarity? Simply put, it is the tendency for people of a certain economic or social class towith members of their own class. Class solidarity is the glue that holds segments of society together, and can be a powerful tool for organizing and defending our communities.
Their interests are diametrically opposed, and the two classes are fundamentally in conflict with one another, given that the ruling class’s primary goal is to subjugate, exploit, and extract as much labor as possible from the working class without sacrificing any of its own profits.
The proletariat has long been an exploited and marginalized group in the U.S. and around the globe, but not every member is class-conscious, i.e., aware of their place in that greater struggle. Much of the blame for that lies on the
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