#working-class

#working-class

The Democrats' estrangement from the working class was decades in the making due to their embrace of trade and globalization, which led to factory closures and job losses.

George Lunn's election in 1911 as Schenectady's mayor showcased the potential for a charismatic socialist leader to enact change and address the struggles of the working class.

"I want to be wrong. Wrong in a new way," says the unnamed narrator of Nate Lippens's 2021 debut, My Dead Book, after learning of yet another friend's overdose and death.

John Mac points out that the local industrial landscape has seen a significant decline, expressing concern over the loss of jobs in areas affected by deindustrialisation.

Rent is expensive. Foods are going up. Utility bills are up," one person Mamdani interviewed said.