Told through the lived experiences of the authors, Crimes of Class is an exploration of regional and rural working-class lives in the informal and black economies, and of crime, class struggle and class composition. We hope it provides an insight into love, care, and solidarity as everyday revolutionary practices from below among the poor and criminalised. Crimes of Class will include two long-form interviews, and one co-authored essay, all published here in short sections at semi-regular intervals.
The two of us started talking about this project because of a brief discussion we had on social media about stories from back in the day, the oral history of political movements and everyday life, and the moral instructions of social movements alongside our experiences in the informal and criminal economies. We discussed writing about our experiences before deciding to begin by interviewing each other. We came up with some fairly open questions, with the idea that we would respond to each other’s questions and then follow-up, hone them, and come back and ask more questions. The two interviews with each other, which will make up the first several posts on this site, are based on this process.
The first interview has been completed and we will begin posting it in sections soon, then follow this by posting the second interview. Once we have posted the interviews, we will then write an essay that reflects on their content.
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Love and solidarity,
Mark and Nick