Journal Article

Careless Talk: Social Reproduction and Fault Lines of the Crisis in the United Kingdom

Milburn, Keir, Harvie, David, Brown, Gareth, Dowling, Emma

2013

Overview

On a rainy evening in October 2011 the authors are sitting in the General Assembly of Occupy London Stock Exchange in the courtyard of St Paul's Cathedral. It is day four of the occupation, which is congregating here under the slogan \"We are the 99 percent\". This is in solidarity with occupations and protests across the globe. In this article, the authors argue that these movements, which have been interpreted as anti-austerity or anti-cuts movements, can be better understood as a response to a crisis of care. This crisis of care is precipitated by the economic crisis and the cuts being forced through by the government in the UK. This crisis of care is also one of political representation: increasing numbers of people are waking up to the fact that the state-capital nexus does not care about them in the sense that it does not promote, protect, or even consider their needs or interests. Adapted from the source document.

• Publisher: Social Justice
• Subject: Austerity policy / Capital accumulation / Class interest / Economic Crises / Economic crisis / Economic Policy / Fault lines / Government crises / Labor protests / London, England / Morality / Political economy / Political protests / Political Representation / Protest movements / Riots / Social ethics / Social movements / Social protest / Social Reproduction / Solidarity Movements / Stock Markets / Student movements / United Kingdom