Owen Jones (journalist)

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Owen Jones (born August 8, 1984 in Sheffield ) is a British journalist, author and activist on the political left . He is a regular columnist for The Guardian and New Statesman , and in the past for The Independent .

Life and work

Jones grew up in Stockport ( Greater Manchester ). His family had been shaped by socialism for several generations ; his grandfather was in the British Communist Party and his father was a union representative.

After leaving school, he studied history at the University College of Oxford University . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 and a Master of Studies (MSt) in US history in 2007. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a union representative and assistant to Labor MP John McDonnell .

Jones initially worked as a columnist for The Independent and moved to The Guardian in March 2014 . He also has a regular column in New Statesman since 2015 . His contributions have also appeared in the Sunday Mirror , Le Monde diplomatique and smaller newspapers. As a political commentator, he appears frequently on English language television, including BBC News , Sky News , Channel 4 News and the BBC program Question Time .

Political classification

Jones in September 2013

Jones writes from a left perspective. He advocates democratic socialism and is a member of the left-wing think tank National Advisory Panel for the Center for Labor and Social Studies .

In his 2011 book Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class , Jones explores prejudice against the British working class and the use of the derogatory term “ Chav ”. The book garnered media attention and was praised for engaging a broader public engagement with classicism , and was one of the finalists for the Guardian First Book Award in 2011 .

Jones is a feminist . He is gay and campaigns against homophobia , transphobia and sexism in his journalistic work , also within the LGBT scene. On June 12, 2016, he left a discussion on the Orlando massacre on Sky News because he wanted to protest against the show host's downplaying the anti-gay violence of the massacre.

Works

  • Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class . 2011. (German Prolls. The demonization of the working class . VAT Verlag André Thiele, Mainz 2012).
  • The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It . 2014.

Web links

Commons : Owen Jones (writer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Who the hell is Owen Jones? . December 28, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Jones, Owen: My father, and the reality of losing your job in middle age . In: The Independent , March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Phelim Brady: Interview: Owen Jones | Varsity Online . Varsity.co.uk. February 8, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ Owen Jones . David Higham Literary, Film and TV Agents. Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.davidhigham.co.uk
  5. ^ Owen Jones: Abolish Oxbridge . Labor List. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ Time to abolish Oxbridge? . In: The Oxford Student . June 9, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ John McDonnell interview: How Labor is moving to the left? . In: The New Statesman . March 3, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ Owen Jones . In: The Independent . Retrieved March 2, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Owen Jones (OwenJones84): Modern capitalism is a sham, and why democratic socialism is our only hope. October 30, 2015, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  10. ↑ `` The Center for Labor and Social Studies '' About our staff: Owen Jones . Classonline.org.uk. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  11. ↑ Neather, Andrew: The Marx effect . In: London Evening Standard , April 23, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2012. 
  12. ^ Jon Cruddas : Book of the week: Chavs: the demonization of the working class by Owen Jones . In: The Independent , June 3, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  13. ↑ The demonization of the working class: How shows: such as The Only Way is Essex have wiped out popular culture . In: Mail Online , June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  14. ^ Giving the poor a good kicking . In: The Economist , June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  15. ↑ Flood, Alison: Guardian first book award longlist: fiction takes lead . In: The Guardian , August 31, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
  16. ↑ IoS Great Britons 2011 . In: The Independent , December 18, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  17. ^ Owen Jones: Why more men should fight for women's rights. In: The Guardian. February 24, 2015, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  18. ^ What Alan Carr taught me about gay men's homophobia , The Guardian. April 20, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2015. 
  19. ↑ The homophobia in Cucumber is so scary because it taps into a grim reality , The Guardian. February 27, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2015. 
  20. ^ Sarah Morrison: Rainbow List 2015: 1 to 101. In: The Independent. November 16, 2015, accessed July 14, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Watch: Owen Jones walks off the Sky News debate on whether Orlando was a homophobic attack . In: New Statesman , June 13, 2016. 
  22. ^ Owen Jones: On Sky News last night, I realized how far some will go to ignore homophobia . In: The Guardian , June 13, 2016. 
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Owen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist, author and activist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield , UK