AKBELEN FORESTS ARE CALLING EVERYONE FOR RESISTANCE 15:47 Jul 30 15 comments USA cambió su política migratoria respecto a inmigrantes endureciendo leyes 23:15 Jul 03 7 comments espero 7 – Die neue Sommerausgabe 2023 16:58 Jun 25 7 comments Internationalist Manifesto Against the War 07:38 Apr 15 27 comments War and Anarchists: Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives in Ukraine 19:25 Feb 22 12 comments more >> |
ireland / britain / migration / racism Thursday June 30, 2016 06:19 byAndrew
The Leave / Brexit vote in the referendum came in the end as a surprise, a narrow win for Remain was expected. This may be because the core Leave vote was in the run-down white working class communities of the now desolate English and Welsh industrial zones. A population trapped in conditions of long-term unemployment and poverty who no one really pays much attention to anymore.Some on the left have seized on the makeup of this core vote to suggest that there was some progressive element to the Brexit vote despite the campaign being led by racist hatemongers and wealthy US-oriented neoliberals. Mostly that's a mixture of wishful thinking and post hoc justification for having called for a Leave vote in the first place, but it is true that a section of the working class, C2DEs in marketing speak, voted to Leave in close to a 2:1 ratio. Is the class composition of that vote enough to automatically make it progressive regardless of content? And what does it tell us that a section of the radical left seems to think the answer to that question is yes, that it is enough to be anti-establishment? See also:
• Observations on Brexit and Lexit in the UK EU membership referendum
|
Sat 20 Apr, 04:53 It is now or we have to wait for a long time Apr 21 19:59 1 comments Movie Review: ‘OFFICIAL SECRETS’ (2019) Aug 22 21:24 0 comments 30 years Haringey Solidarity Group May 21 17:56 0 comments Movie Review: ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ (2020) May 06 16:26 0 comments A Statement about Kill the Bill May 03 18:09 0 comments September 2020 Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin online Sep 23 19:08 1 comments Stuart Christie 1946-2020 Aug 17 19:42 0 comments Why anarchism isn’t a popular idea? Jul 13 20:26 0 comments COVID-19: Not going back to “business as usual” May 12 19:58 0 comments Scrubs: The Story from the Bottom Up Apr 29 16:19 0 comments “Clap for Carers” but now they want our money as well Apr 13 06:40 0 comments Isolation is Communal - Covid19 Apr 04 22:40 0 comments The struggle against Covid-19 is also political Apr 04 22:35 0 comments Ισπανοί αναρχικο... Nov 08 17:48 0 comments Sinn Féin: From Full Confidence Of Victory To Arrogance And Entitlement Jun 13 18:04 0 comments Interview with the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) from Great Britain Jun 09 04:27 2 comments Συνέντευξη με τη_... Jun 05 21:09 0 comments Die plattform: Interview mit der Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) aus Großbritannien May 26 02:30 0 comments Defend Julian Assange May 13 23:17 0 comments [Book review] A beautiful idea: history of the Freedom Press anarchists by Rob Ray Feb 24 17:31 0 comments Alan MacSimóin (1957-2018): pionero del anarquismo en Irlanda Dec 26 19:07 0 comments Alan MacSimóin (1957-2018): a pioneer of anarchism in Ireland Dec 14 08:34 0 comments Πρώτο βήμα η αυτο ... Dec 08 20:28 0 comments Alan MacSimóin (1957-2018) – Dublin Historian and Political Activist Dec 06 16:02 1 comments Alan MacSimóin (1957-2018)- Rest In Power Dec 06 15:50 0 comments WSM marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women at their strateg... Nov 26 21:12 0 comments Organising ourselves is the first and main step towards our aim Oct 30 22:08 0 comments 30 años de la masacre de Loughgall: rumores y contrainsurgencia británica Jun 26 18:26 0 comments Call for Solidarity with our Russian Comrades! Jun 12 19:13 0 comments Appel à la solidarité avec nos camarades Russes! Jun 10 20:31 0 comments more >> |