Tuesday, September 30, 2025

How the Political Left Lost the Working Class

Why the Working Class Matters
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/abandoned-by-the-left-workers-turn-to-far-right-by-yanis-varoufakis-2025-09
For the Western left, the lesson of the last decade is agonizingly clear. To focus exclusively on identity – on race and gender – while ignoring the material reality of class and repudiating the working class itself, is a catastrophic strategic error.