An Injury to All
The Unmaking of the British Working Class
Date & time
29 October 2026 | 18.00-19.30
Event format
Attend event in person
Event type
Talk / panel debate
Event topic
Business, finance & economics, Money & finance, Poverty, housing & homelessness
Audience
Adults
Academic discipline
Economic and social history, Economics management and business studies, Politics and international relations
Venue
Boyd Orr Building, Room 407, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8SP
Money & finance theme
What's on offer?
The author of An Injury to All, Ewan Gibbs, will discuss his new book and the meaning of class politics in the 2020s with guest contributors.
What's it about?
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is a compelling new social history of Britain since 1945 which is published by Verso on 27th October 2026. It explains what happened to Britain’s formally politically, economically and culturally powerful working class.
Who's leading the event?
Leading the event is the author of An Injury to All, Ewan Gibbs, along with Kirsteen Paton and Taj Ali, and chaired by Jim Phillips.
Open to
Anyone is welcome
Of particular interest to
Of particular interest to those who want to learn about what happened to Britain's formerly politically, economically and culturally powerful working class in 1945 Britain.
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