Tag Archives: class warfare
The western caste system and the new Bourgeois
People now fit into seven social classes, a major survey suggests. It says the traditional categories of working, middle and upper class are outdated. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22007058 It found a new model of seven social classes ranging from the elite at the top to a "precariat" – the poor, precarious proletariat – at the bottom. The study […]
No justice for the poor in civil cases
Many states and counties do not offer lawyers to the poor in major civil disputes, and in some criminal ones as well. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/us/16gideon.html?ref=us The promise inherent in the 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright ruling that those accused of a crime have a constitutional right to a lawyer whether or not they can afford one remains unfulfilled […]
Dirty Babylon 