Books – Page 21 – People's World

Breaking the class ceiling: New books challenge the meritocracy trap

November 6, 2019 By Tim Strangleman

Often times, it’s the lucky breaks that already advantaged people enjoy that allow them to achieve even more success.

Living and dying on the factory floor: Class and race at work

October 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

David Ranney says "rather than rant at people about class and race, we should realize that when class” comes to the fore, and workers unite as a class against bosses, “racism can go away.”

‘Walk with Gandhi’ on the 150th anniversary of his birth

October 8, 2019 By Jenny Farrell

This book is a gleaming, wonderfully enriching pleasure in terms of aesthetic appreciation and engaging the mind.

“Intersectional before it was cool”: The women’s movement during state socialism

October 3, 2019 By Tony Pecinovsky

Without a doubt, the Cold War was a very productive moment for women's rights because the Eastern Bloc once championed them on the international stage.

Winnipeg General Strike pops off the page in new comic history

September 16, 2019 By Kimball Cariou

This is a timely contribution to public understanding of the event which did so much to shape the working-class struggles of the 20th century, told in a way that reflects and amplifies the left politics which...