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"Kim Moody is one of the leading intellectuals of the labor movement." -- Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Race Rebels: Culture, Politics and the Black Working Class In his latest book, Kim Moody analyzes how recent changes in capitalism have altered both the composition of the working class and the economic and political ground on which it struggles. On New Terrain challenges conventional wisdom about a disappearing working class and the inevitability of a two-party political structure as the only framework for struggle. Through in-depth study of the economic and political shifts at the top of society, Moody shows how recent developments in capitalist production impact the working class and its power to resist the status quo. He argues that this transformed industrial terrain offers new possibilities for organization in the workplace and opens doors for grassroots, independent political action strengthened by reemerging labor and social movements.
About the Author
Kim Moody was a founder of Labor Notes in the US and the author of several books on labour and politics. His most recent is On New Terrain: How Capital is Reshaping the Battleground of Class War (Haymarket Books, 2017) . He has a PhD and is currently a Visiting Scholar at Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment of the University of Westminster in London, and a member of the University and College Union, National Union of Journalist, the British Universities Industrial Relations Association, the Labor and Working Class History Association, and the Working Class Studies Association.
