Joe Biden may present himself as a working-class hero, a claim reiterated recently in the leftist American Prospect, but increasingly Americas workers are showing signs not of common cause but disquiet. Hollywood workers just announced a large-scale strike, some of whom blame their hard times on the disruption to their industry wrought by tech firms, which are distinctly hostile to unions. Theres also increased tensions at Disneyland, as well as numerous organising efforts targeting Bidens oligarch allies like Amazon and Starbucks.
Joe Bidens class war Share Topics POLITICS USA Joe Biden may present himself as a working-class hero, a claim reiterated recently in the leftist American Prospect, but increasingly Americas workers are showing signs not of common cause but disquiet. Hollywood workers just announced a large-scale strike, some of whom blame their hard times on the disruption to their industry wrought by tech firms, which are distinctly hostile to unions. Theres also increased tensions at Disneyland, as well as numerous organising efforts targeting Bidens oligarch allies like Amazon and Starbucks.
One possible cause for the unrest lies with inflationary pressures that have cancelled out any income gains for most people outside the oligarchic elites. The sad economic reality of today real wages are in decline contrasts uncomfortably with the far better performance for working people under the pre-pandemic Trump administration.
High inflation notably for food, rent and housing cutting against working- and middle-class budgets seems likely to spread more...........