Class War in America:

praise for class war in america

“Jeter’s narrative skill is remarkable; he writes with both passion and clarity about the ways “the white settler elite has historically deployed…false accusations to stir up murderous passions, creating a smokescreen for dispossession.” The picture he paints of America’s ruling capitalist oligarchy constantly pitting workers against each other along racial lines is vigorously convincing…” –KIRKUS REVIEWS

“With his CLASS WAR IN AMERICA, Jon Jeter has fired a broadside from the left that will, in this utterly divided society, spark its share of argument and counter-argument. But one central theme of this book is beyond debate: Jeter’s historical rendering of the American labor movement and capital’s incessant misuse of race as a means of dividing workers from each other is carefully and definitively chronicled. Race hate and racial fears have long been the most valuable weapon in keeping working people disorganized, alienated and, in the end, cheated.” –David Simon, creator of THE WIRE

“As learned as it is spirited, Jeter’s engaging book delivers on its promise to produce an arresting new history of labor in the US. Refusing to separate race and class and attending to the most exhilarating moments of solidarity alongside the most horrifying instances of white terror, CLASS WAR draws deftly on its author’s career as one of his generation’s leading journalists.” –David Roediger teaches American Studies at the University of Kansas. His recent books include THE SINKING MIDDLE CLASS and CLASS, RACE, AND MARXISM.