Rising Global South Industrial Working Class Expanding
Contrary to pop sociologists and journalistic accounts of the “post industrial age”, the industrial working class is bigger than ever. In the global south where most of the industrialization is taking place, strikes are occurring outside of unions. In a way, the horrible working conditions and lack of unionization in these workplaces is a return to England in the early 19th century.
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Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.