This document discusses the construction and anatomy of the working class through history. It covers 4 key characteristics: 1) Labor mobility through migration patterns in the 19th century. 2) Segmentation of the working class by race, gender, ethnicity etc. 3) Discipline and control enforced through factories and time discipline. 4) Resistance and rebellion by workers through organizations and protests against capitalist control and poor conditions. It analyzes how the working class was created through changing labor relations in industrialization and the power imbalance with the capitalist system.

1. The Construction and Anatomy of the Working Class Presented by: Nikki and Saleha

2. “The capitalist system makes it very much easier for people not to realize what they are doing, not to know about the danger and hardship, the despair and humiliation, that their way of life implies for others.” - Edmund Wilson, The Shores of Light

3. Working Class Defined

4. 4 Characteristics of the Working Class: Labour Mobility Segmentation Discipline and Control Resistance and Rebellion

5. Labor Mobility 19th Century Italian Migrants Chain Migration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcU2YtpvwwA

6. Segmentation Working class divided by race, religion, ethnicity, age and gender Karl Marx; The Communist Manifesto Blacks vs. Irish

7. The Segmentation of the Workforce Women Discussion Question: Why do you think these corporations stationed in developing countries prefer to employ women over men? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bhodyt4fmU&feature=related The Domestic Garment Industry of Neza The Black box of Capitalism Primary vs. Secondary

9. Discipline and Control Introduction of ‘The Factory’ Time Discipline Introduction of Free Labor Factory Discipline http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/edlesson1.html

10. Resistance Karl Marx- The estranged Labor : “The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his production increases in power and size. The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates” Please expand on what Karl Marx is trying to convey in his quotation extracted from the reading. Political economy Alienation

11. Resistance continued... “Social revolution of the poor.” Proletariat vs. Bourgeois

12. Resistance and Rebellion “Disciplined Worker” Resistance to Capital Discipline

13. The Creation of Free labour Capitalist society Working Class Example of Mexico Free Trade Do you think that the working class has an option to opt out this game of capitalism? Also, in some countries people still prefer to be independent workers as farmers and crafts people rather than a life dependent on wage labour, why do you think they prefer it this way and do you think it can last in this fast paced economy?

14. Weber Iron Cage Weber quotes: "Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.“ What do you think Weber is trying to say in this quote. Historical Materialism

15. The Growth of Assembly Plants Maximizing surplus value= paying the laborer as little as possible Black Box of Capitalism + laborer = crucial American Workers Losing their Job

16. Conclusion