Owen Jones

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Books & Debate: Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones OCLC 668194635, 2011 Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Current debate:

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Articles: 2013 The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets - This racist group has been treated with a certain amount of indulgence by Britain's mainstream media. We need to drown them out - 17th June The People's Assembly will cohere the left - and finally give Labour some real competition - On June 22, thousands will convene in London demanding an alternative to austerity: it will not only be a show of force, but a launchpad for a missing force in British politics - 10th June The United States should be in the dock, not Bradley Manning - The whistleblower has allowed us to scrutinise the hidden realities of US power - 3rd June Nick Ross, you are dangerous and misguided - Rape is rape. There are no mitigating circumstances or shades of grey - 27th May Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do - The undeserving poor – the feckless, the workshy, the scrounging – are the exception, not the norm. If only our television screens reflected that - 25th May The moral case on tax avoidance is overwhelming - and we all know Google wants to do the right thing - There is nothing law-breaking about tax avoidance and this is of course the point. The law is rigged in favour of the wealthy and the state is at the service of the rich - 20th May Britons are lazy? Don’t let Boris get away with that - It's not 'sloth' that ruined this country's economy, whatever Boris Johnson may say, but it is another of the Seven Deadly Sins. So let’s aim fire at greed - 14th May A common sense policy to create jobs and combat what ails Britain - Britain ought to be constructing 230,000 homes a year to meet the demand - 6th May Don't be fooled: Iain Duncan Smith’s attack on pensioners is really an attack on all of us - This is where the shredding of universalism ends up, promoting poisonous ideas of the 'undeserving poor' and the further destruction of Britain’s social cohesion - 29th April Our shameful hierarchy - some deaths matter more than others - Why is the slaughter in Boston more shocking or newsworthy than the deaths in Iraq? - 22nd April Margaret Thatcher's funeral was a political broadcast - We all deserve a dignified send-off. Instead, this occasion was hijacked and turned into a state-endorsed celebration of a legacy bitterly detested by millions - 17th April Our hate figures and heroes are mere surfers on the tide of history - From Thatcher to Mandela - history is not one grand soap opera, in which the characters at the top pull huge levers that dictate the fate of millions - 15th April Thatcherism was a national catastrophe that still poisons us - We are in the midst of the third great economic collapse since the Second World War: all three have taken place since Thatcherism launched its great crusade - 9th April Labour cannot win by debating welfare on the Tories' terms - The week I saw how low the right will stoop - 6th April Philpott verdict: Condemn the guilty person, not an entire class - When these sorts of horrors take place it is natural to look for wider lessons - but here that impulse must be resisted. This is simply a story of nauseating cruelty - 3rd April How the People's Assembly can challenge our suffocating political consensus - and why it's vital that we do - The cartel of modern politics is only ever disrupted from the right. Now, with the help of like-minded others, I will be touring the country to set up a left-wing movement - 25th March Workfare: Why did so many Labour MPs accept this brutal, unforgivable attack on vulnerable people? - Labour's leadership is failing to uphold its party's values - 21st March Cameron's days at No 10 may be numbered, but the national agenda is still set by the right - The Prime Minister is surrounded by ideological crusaders and they've succeeded in turning the politically impossible into the politically inevitable - 11th March Hugo Chavez lifted millions out of poverty – and even his opponents accepted he won elections fair and square - The President's death will be mourned by millions of Venezuelans - 7th March The latest front in Operation Divide and Rule sees soldiers being used to fight a political battle - Defence Secretary Philip Hammond wants to divert welfare spending to the military - 4th March As Tory austerity inflicts misery on millions, Labour should articulate their alternative to Osbornomics - In fact, they already have - in Ed Balls's celebrated Bloomberg speech, which is the founding document of British neo-Keynesianism. That text should be revisited - 25th February The Left should learn about plain speaking from George Galloway - The Right is better at communicating because it uses stories so much - 18th February What a tragedy that we couldn't stop the war in Iraq despite marching in our thousands - Forget the expenses scandal: it was Iraq that exploded what trust millions had in our political establishment. But the real anguish lies elsewhere - 11th February Equal marriage: As we celebrate, let's not forget those who fought to get us here - And countless centuries of bigotry haven't disappeared with one fell swoop - 6th February The bedroom tax is just the latest assault on our poorest citizens - The Government needs to demonise its victims as state dependent leeches - 4th February What my generation can learn from the Holocaust - We should recall that hatred continues to be fanned against entire peoples, and that man is capable of both wonderful benevolence and unspeakable horrors - 28th January British politics urgently needs a new force - a movement on the Left to counter capitalism's crisis - If a new, networked movement of the Left could agree on some key principles, and avoid creating another battleground for ultra-left sects, it could give a voice to millions - 21st January The war in Libya was seen as a success, now here we are engaging with the blowback in Mali - Our Government and media may often ignore the price of Western interventions, but in future conflicts and fuel for radical Islamist groups, it is still paid nonetheless - 14th January The Welfare Bill: A government of millionaires just made the poor poorer - and laughed as they did it - A brutal assault from ideologically-crazed demagogues comes down to this: you have been mugged and therefore your less deserving neighbour should be mugged too - 9th January The Tories intend going on and on. Labour needs a radical alternative - David Cameron has announced he plans to continue in power until 2020 - 7th January

Articles: 2012 Sexual violence is not a cultural phenomenon in India - it is endemic everywhere - Cases are not discussed nearly enough for how prevalent the crimes are - 31st December The strange death of Labour Scotland - Working class and young voters need to be inspired again. Somebody should grab the Labour leadership by the lapels and tell them to be more radical - 24th December Plebgate: If a minister is treated like this, what hope is there for black kids from Brixton? - No black man could yell obscenities at the police without being promptly handcuffed - 20th December As opinion polls give Ukip a boost, it's time to ask what Britain's third party really wants - Like many political figures, in private Ukip leader Nigel Farage is charming, playful and witty - but his views are political poison - 17th December Against George Osborne's war on the poor and the vile stupidity of his "workers vs shirkers" narrative - Amid talk of setting political traps for Labour, the Chancellor of the Exchequer used his Autumn Statement to attack many of the most vulnerable people in our society - 10th December Tragic deaths that demand a better response than I witnessed - Even as mental distress and the risk of suicide soar, support is being slashed - 3rd December The cosy consensus I saw on Question Time's panel is a disservice to every man and woman in Britain - Given how thirsty the electorate is for anything that counters the sterility of Westminster, the rewards for a party that has the courage to speak out will be huge - 26th November In Britain as in Europe, the protests against austerity have failed. We have to try another way - What our columnist calls the Great Reverse - a slide in general wellbeing married with a removal of rights that have been won over decade - deserves a robust response - 21st November Yes, Newsnight screwed up, but let’s remember who the real victims are – and listen to them - In a rush to condemn the BBC it seems one of the most horrendous cases of child abuse is being overlooked - 12th November We need nothing less than a revolution to make the EU serve democracy and working people again - Why isn't the Left kicking off about an institution that is clearly damaging the interest of workers across the continent? Fear of guilt by association, mostly - 6th November The Green agenda is suffering under the Tories. Here's how we can put it back on the map - A few years ago the Prime Minister was hugging huskies - now his party's policies threaten to speed up global warming - 28th October They’re out to get Cameron, but let’s not laugh too soon - After #plebgate and #traingate the left longs to see Cameron unseated - but be careful what you wish for - 21st October BAE Systems, arms traders, and how the sordid greed of some of our rulers knows no bounds - Over the past few years we've had countless examples of the nexus that binds politicians, civil servants, the arms trade and despotism - 15th October We demonise Chavez for his challenge to our Western dogma - Critics should stop pretending he’s a dictator. He won fair and square - 9th October Yes, Ed Miliband demonstrated a new charisma here. But he still needs to break from Tory austerity - And if it does come to pass that Labour wins the next election, Ed's promise to end free market experimentation in the NHS should be played on loop - 3rd October Whatever happened to the Labour Party? - These days the people Labour exists to represent work in shops, call centres and offices rather than factories and mines. But they need a voice now more than ever - 1st October Come on you local councillors. Resist these cuts! - Councils across Britain will soon by unable to deliver statutory services. Managing the misery isn't good enough. Local councillors must take action - 24th September Not all socialists want to dance on Margaret Thatcher's grave. I want her to go on and on - Despite the manifest failures of Thatcherism, talk of celebrating her death is futile. Concentrate on building an economy that works for working people - 17th September Hague is wrong: we must own up to our brutal colonial past - We associate the term 'concentration camps' with the Nazis. But it started with the British - 3rd September David Cameron praises Paralympians, but his policies will crush them - The Government intends driving 500,000 people off the Disability Living Allowance - 27th August Getting rid of George W. Bush wasn't enough. The US remains a bully - The issue isn't Obama, any more than it was Bush before him. The issue is US power - 23rd August There should be no immunity for Assange from these allegations - Ecuador is wrong to describe the charges against the WikiLeaks founder as 'laughable' - 17th August It's not competitive spirit that poor kids lack, but fields on which to compete - Only state intervention can counter the massive advantages the most privileged schools have - 10th August One tragedy doesn't make the case for compulsory helmets - If we're going to make cycling safer, we need to tackle bad driving - 3rd August Islamophobia: For Muslims, read Jews. And be shocked - Imagine our alarm if nearly half the UK population said they believed that 'there are too many Jews' - 13th July When 'coming out' ends, equality will be total - There's a sense that if you are born gay, you have an automatic responsibility to take a stand about it - 6th July If rigging rates isn't anti-social behaviour, what is, dude? - Did they ever stop, stare out of the window, and ponder the impact of their profiteering? - 29th June Soulless workplaces are self- defeating for the boss class, too - More than 22 million working days are lost each year to work-related stress and depression - 22nd June Working-class Toryism is dying and it's taking the party with it - Thatcherism's trashing of communities created a culture of anti-Toryism in swathes of the country - 15th June England, Miliband's England, is a lost country - Labour would do better to champion the interests of the working people it was set up to represent - 8th June It's time to demolish the myth about Tony Blair - His defenders argue Labour couldn't have won without him but Black Wednesday in 1992 finished off the Tories - 1st June If socialists really did run the show, working people would benefit - Rather than having to engage in debate, an opponent can be dismissed as extremist - 25th May Hatred of those on benefits is dangerously out of control - Taking away support can only be achieved by demonising recipients as scroungers in mansions - 18th May This austerity backlash across Europe could transform Britain - The truth is that the real world has paid the high priests of austerity an unwelcome visit - 11th May The battle that men who aren't sexist must fight - The abuse Louise Mensch has been subjected to provides an insight into attitudes that are rampant - 4th May A book that hit a nerve when we realised we weren't all in it together - The economic crisis has focused attention on the distribution of wealth and power - 1st May Great for the rich – but what if you're poor? - What a wonderful time to be rich in Britain! - 30th April The Coalition has failed. There is an alternative. Can Ed Miliband be its champion? - It's up to the Labour leader to offer the country a coherent Plan B - 27th April I can afford to pay the rent – most people can't - To get a two-bed place in Tower Hamlets you need more than double the median household income - 20th April Norway's dignity in dealing with its worst killer will heal the wounds of his atrocities - Prison cells in Norway are the stuff of Daily Mail nightmares, and Breivik could end up with a flat-screen TV, a personal trainer and even a rock-climbing wall - 17th April The 1 per cent have an interest in demonising Ken Livingstone - Few journalists mention Boris's slights against black people: all that talk of 'piccaninnies' - 13th April Leave our kids alone – or pay a heavy price - Parents' desperation to ensure that their children have a decent future should never be underestimated - 6th April We're now governed by the political wing of the wealthy - Cruddas's pledge to donors gives an insight into how power works in Cameron's Britain - 30th March Who do the Tories really represent? - 30th March The war isn't between young and old – it's the rich versus the rest of us - Britain is at war. The pampered baby boomers have feathered their nests at the expense of an increasingly besieged and impoverished young generation - 24th March Champagne – but no socialism – as Square Mile gets set to celebrate - Of all the arguments that George Osborne could present to the House of Commons in favour of reducing the 50p tax band, public opinion was not one of them - 22nd March My father, and the reality of losing your job in middle age - If the under-24s are the 'lost generation', then the over-40s are the 'forgotten generation' - 9th March If trade unions don't fight the workers' corner – others will - The political and media establishments treat unions as if they have no legitimate place in life - 2nd March Gay people have come a long way – but hatred is still out there - Outright bigotry is in retreat, but a substantial chunk of the population still has a problem - 27th January

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