A History of the European Working Class

Time of Destruction (1936 - nowadays) (1x4)

Uitzenddatum: Apr 28, 2020

In the 1930's, the working class seems very powerful. But again, it will be defeated. In Spain, Franco, in Germany, Hitler, in Italy, Mussolini, enslave Europe and the workers become pawns to do the dirty work. In the 1930's, the working class seems very powerful. But again, it will be defeated. In Spain, Franco, in Germany, Hitler, in Italy, Mussolini, enslave Europe and the workers become pawns to do the dirty work. After the war, the Soviet block deprive workers of trade unions and the right to strike, while claiming to represent them. In the West, the working conditions get better, in the purest Fordist tradition. Today deindustrialization has caused mass unemployment and social misery. We talk of the disappearance of the working class.