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Left, right, populism and woke – why are the working classes not voting socialist?

Left, right, populism and woke – why are the working classes not voting socialist?

The BelTel · Belfast Telegraph Podcasts

December 15, 202428m 29s

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Show Notes


We use them every day, but do the terms left and right really describe our politics today. What is ‘woke’ and why do people hate it? And socialists struggle with the working class as much as for it, why is that? 


David McCann from Ulster University and Michael Pierse from Queen’s University Belfast join Ciarán Dunbar to take a deep dive into today’s political trends. 


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