Kingston University London

Live Working or Die Fighting

Globalisation has created a whole new working class, the members of which are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago. In Live Working or Die Fighting, journalist Paul Mason tells the story of this new working class alongside the epic history of the global labour movement, from its formation in the factories of the 1800s to its near destruction by fascism in the 1930s. The book celebrates a common history of defiance, idealism and selfsacrifice, one as alive and active today as it was 200 years ago.

Paul Mason

Paul Mason was born in 1960 in Leigh, Greater Manchester. He is BBC Newsnight’s business and industry correspondent. He won the 2003 Wincott Award for business journalism and was named Workworld Broadcast Journalist of the year in 2004 . He lives in London.