James Bloodworth (journalist)

James Bloodworth is an English journalist and writer.

A former member of the Trotskyist group Alliance for Workers' Liberty,[1][2] he edited the left-wing blog Left Foot Forward from 2013 until 2016. Bloodworth writes a weekly column for the International Business Times[3] and wrote for The Spectator's Coffee House blog from 2013 to 2015.[4] His work has also appeared in The Guardian,[5] The Independent,[6] and The Wall Street Journal.[7] He now also writes regularly for the website Unherd.[8]

Bloodworth is the author of The Myth of Meritocracy: Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Biteback Publishing) which was published in 2016.[9][10][11]

Bloodworth's Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain (Atlantic Books) was published in March 2018. To research the oppressive conditions faced by those working in low-paid and minimum-wage jobs, the author spent six months employed in such posts. This included periods working as a care worker in Blackpool,[12] an Uber driver and in the UK packaging warehouse of Amazon. The book has been praised "across the political spectrum". [13] In September 2018, US Senator Bernie Sanders tweeted out a video in which Bloodworth drew on his book to criticize Amazon, as part of Sander's push to introduce a bill that would charge large companies such as Amazon for the federal welfare programs that subsidize their low-wage workers.[14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/james-bloodworth-left-wing-case-against-comrade-jeremy-corbyn-1513969
  2. ↑ http://www.workersliberty.org/node/25416
  3. ↑ "James Bloodworth". International Business Times. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Author: James Bloodworth | Coffee House". The Spectator. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "James Bloodworth". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "James Bloodworth". The Independent. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Bloodworth, James (12 February 2015). "The Race for Britain's Youth Vote". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ↑ https://unherd.com/author/james-bloodworth/
  9. ↑ Wigmore, Tim (10 July 2016). "Does The Myth of Meritocracy show us how to alleviate inequality?". New Statesman. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Patrikarakos, David (14 July 2016). "The Myth of Meritocracy: 'Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs' by James Bloodworth". Prospect. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Burchill, Julie (11 June 2016). "Tony Blair is top rotter in James Bloodworth's The Myth of Meritocracy". The Spectator. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Bloodworth, James (20 February 2017). "All the horror stories I came across as a care worker were about employers | James Bloodworth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Cohen, Nick (11 March 2018). "Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  14. ↑ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/405894-sanders-renews-attacks-on-amazon-shares-video-accusing-company
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.