[Mon 12th Sep 2011] Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, with Owen Jones (London, WC1B 3QE)

[dynamicbaddog]

Owen Jones discusses his book Chavs. Free event as part of TUC Congress
5:45pm to 7:15pm
http://l-r-c.org.uk/events/detail/chavs-the-demonization-of-the-working-class-with-owen-jones/

 

[treelover]

no meetings up north at all...

 

[Treacle Toes]

NOt sure i'll have time to go to this but heard OJ speak and met him at a meeting in Hackney recently. I reckon his book is worth a read.

 

[OneStrike]

He is one of the smartest 15 year olds around!

 

[Karac]

Just reading his book now-hes a bit unlucky the whole "Chav" storm has died down a year or two before the release of his book-but hes spot on with his political insight.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

no meetings up north at all...

There was a meeting in Stockport and some other places in the North earlier on in the year when the book was first published .


and he( along with others) will be speaking at a LRC fringe meeting at Labour Party conference in Liverpool on the 26th
http://l-r-c.org.uk/events/detail/lrc-fringe-resistance-the-path-to-power/

 

[treelover]

I met him at the John Mcdonnell LP leadership electtion launch(failed) he is a really nice guy..

 

[Sue]

I met him at the John Mcdonnell LP leadership electtion launch(failed) he is a really nice guy..

...and incredibly well-connected, given the amount of publicity he's had. Not read his book (might see if I can get it in the library if I can be bothered) but not convinced yet another Labour hack who appears to have never had a proper job in his life has much to add to the debate.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

...and incredibly well-connected, given the amount of publicity he's had. Not read his book (might see if I can get it in the library if I can be bothered) but not convinced yet another Labour hack who appears to have never had a proper job in his life has much to add to the debate.

but you've not actually read the book

 

[Sue]

but you've not actually read the book

As I said. Have to reckon something's worth reading before I spend time on it.

 

[The39thStep]

He is very well connected but not with any of the things happening in working class communities in Stockport

 

[Sue]

...or in Oxford where I believe he spent three years.

 

[butchersapron]

Too busy talking to Boris Johnson's sister.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

He is very well connected but not with any of the things happening in working class communities in Stockport

I dunno he looks like a veteran of the Cheadle Workers Militia

 

[The39thStep]

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[The39thStep]

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I dunno he looks like a veteran of the Cheadle Workers Militia

certificate of recommendation in the Monty Video Vase ( under 11s intelligentsia section)

 

[frogwoman]

Too busy talking to Boris Johnson's sister.

Serious?

 

[butchersapron]

She's quoted throughout the book and is his lodestone of what class really means.

 

[Sue]

She's quoted throughout the book and is his lodestone of what class really means.

Dear Lord.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

She's quoted throughout the book and is his lodestone of what class really means.

4 mentions, hardly 'quoted throughout'
You have'nt read the book either have you?

 

[frogwoman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Johnson

This one?

 

[butchersapron]

4 mentions, hardly 'quoted throughout'
You have'nt read the book either have you?

I have read the book, she might be mentioned in the index 4 times but she is used to set the tone for the wider argument of chapter after chapter. How you can read the book and miss this i do not know. Call me a liar again.

 

[Sue]

4 mentions, hardly 'quoted throughout'
You have'nt read the book either have you?

Still, certainly says something about his connections.

 

[butchersapron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Johnson

This one?

That's her.

 

[butchersapron]

I mean, he explicitly argues that she has the best grasp on what class means today of all the wankers he thieves quotes from. Have you read the thing dog?

 

[frogwoman]

Her works include the international bestseller Notting Hell (Penguin 2006), a novel about couples living in the Notting Hill area of London, Shire Hell (a follow up to Notting Hell), and The Mummy Diaries (Penguin 2004), a diary of her London-Exmoor year.

o god

so should i bother with the book or not? ive been wanting to read it for ages

 

[butchersapron]

o god

so should i bother with the book or not? ive been wanting to read it for ages

It's journalistic stuff that is basically all the good posts on here and argues that the w/c need more mines and shit jobs. Maybe dog will have read it by the time he repLies.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

. Have you read the thing dog?

I'm half way through it

 

[dynamicbaddog]

o god

so should i bother with the book or not? ive been wanting to read it for ages

yes, you should.

 

[butchersapron]

I'm half way through it

Yeah, well i've read it entire. Don't prod people, you might look fucking daft.