Matthew Cole

Matthew Cole is a doctoral researcher at Leeds University interested in class and capitalist crisis. Originally from the 'rust belt' of New York State, he arrived in London just before it all started kicking off in 2010. He tweets from @FutureNoFutures

Farewell to the middle classes

"When the middle drops to the bottom, the bottom drops out."

By Matthew Cole

/ 19 May 2014

Django in chains: American racism and the bootstrapping myth

The ideology of Tarantino’s new film resists the necessary dismantling of white supremacy - the system of structural racism that privileges white people over others, regardless of the presence or absence of racial hatred.

By Matthew Cole

/ 9 Jan 2013