Barbara Ehrenreich on Her Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
In a sprawling interview, Ehrenreich explains why Sanders is her choice for 2020, the joys of radical politics and why theres no time to wait on capitalism to solve the climate crisis.
BY INDIGO OLIVIER
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Barbara Ehrenreich is an activist, journalist and author of over 20 books, including her classic 2001 title Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. Ehrenreich is a contributing editor to In These Times where her work first appeared in 1977.
She, along with John Ehrenreich, coined the term professional-managerial class (PMC) in a famous 1977 essay to describe a class of salaried mental workers separate from the working class, whose main function is to reproduce capitalist culture and class relations.
Ehrenreich recently endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic race. She spoke with In These Times about the upcoming elections, socialism and the climate crisis.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/22280/barbara-ehrenreich-bernie-sanders-socialism-2020/