NEW270H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Black Panther, Working Poor, Class Conflict
Document Summary
Founded in 2005 and produced 45 print editions. Not objective": liberal sense of neutrality in relation to class and oppression. An institution to serve the people, an institution of class struggle. People are considered the groups of citizens that are being affected with the political and economic system. All those disposed of the means of production, with nothing to sell but their labour, no means to produce own existence except to sell one"s labour. Racialized and working poor mothers in the prison house of social housing raising the next generation of working poor. Flexible young workers with no hopes for careers, struggling to pay rent. First used against clerical authority that monopolized the written word against the masses. Started as a media organization for the people. Inspired/modeled on the black panther community news service.
