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‘Respectful engagement is how we build solidarity’
BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT talks to the Star about class-cultural differences and how they affect progressive moveents
VISITING Britain last month to co-facilitate a workshop organised by Peace News, US activist Betsy Leondar-Wright read two books to prepare: Owen Jones’s Chavs and Estates: An Intimate History by Lynsey Hanley.
Betsy Leondar-Wright
Important books in their own right, they were especially pertinent as the workshop explored a topic that is rarely discussed: class and classism in activist groups and organisations.
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