This month we're reading three articles by Barbara and John Ehrenreich about what they describe as the "Professional Managerial Class," and how it relates to the working class and radical social movements. We have two older articles and one recent one.
- "The Professional Managerial Class," Barbara and John Ehrenreach, Radical America (March 1977), pp. 7-31. Sets out the theory of the PMC and describes its relationship to class conflict and analysys.
- "The New Left and the Professional Managerial Class," Barbara and John Ehrenreach, Radical America (May 1977), pp. 7-24. Applies the PMC theory to the "New Left" movements of the 1960s.
- "Death of a Yuppie Dream: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Managerial Class," Barbara and John Ehrenreach, Rosa Luxemborg Siftung New York (2013). This recent article revisits the theory of the PMC and looks at how it applies today. (If you can only ready one article, we suggest this one.)
All of the articles are available in a SHARED FOLDER HERE.
This month we're off the usual rotation and meeting Wednesday, November 21st.