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Working Class History

Working Class History

WCL5: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 1

Working Class History · Dec 6, 2022 · 48:26

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The first of a two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his participation in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, a radical collective of angry employees at the world's biggest fast food chain.
Darren also reads passages from Disnaeland and his first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs.
Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/
Get books mentioned in this episode
Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617
Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533
Acknowledgments
Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/

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