Rednecks and Barbarians

Uniting the White and Racialized Working Class

Houria Bouteldja, Rachel Valinsky

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French

Pluto Press
20 November 2024

National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Social discrimination; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Political science & theory; Political activism

'Bouteldja throws all our certainties into the air, and with brilliant precision, reassembles them' - Alana Lentin

In Europe and North America, the white working class is increasingly tempted by right-wing political parties. Fascistic candidates and ideas seem to reap the fruits of social unrest everywhere. With her usual thought-provoking and unyielding insights, Houria Bouteldja shows how the history of the left explains this conundrum and how we can overcome it.

Drawing from Black radical and decolonial Marxism, she shows that by privileging white constituencies, unions and left parties laid the foundations for a racial contract that binds workers and the poor to the state.

However, there may still be a way out of this trap. Uniting 'rednecks' (the white working class) and 'barbarians' (the racially oppressed), requires a project of popular sovereignty, where national identity is transformed through revolutionary love. Looking to the future, Bouteldja imagines antiracism as a redemptive struggle aimed not only at rehabilitating marginalized communities but also at redefining white dignity.

By: Houria Bouteldja
Translated by: Rachel Valinsky
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780745349558
ISBN 10: 0745349552
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Houria Bouteldja is a French-Algerian political activist and writer. She served as spokesperson for the Party of the Indigenous of the Republic until 2020. She is the author of Whites, Jews and Us: Towards a Politics of Revolutionary Love. The author lives in Paris, France. Rachel Valinsky is a writer, translator, and editor living in New York and Paris. Previously, she translated Houria Boutledja's Whites, Jews, and Us: Toward a Politics of Revolutionary Love for Semiotext(e). She is the Artistic Director at Wendy's Subway and the Director of Publications at the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) in New York.

Reviews for Rednecks and Barbarians: Uniting the White and Racialized Working Class

Praise for the author: 'The hatred that Houria Bouteldja arouses is commensurate with her courage.' -- Annie Ernaux 'A masterpiece' -- François Begaudeau, author of <i>The Class</i>