Owen Jones (Journalist)

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Vorlage:Hatnote Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox writerOwen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a British columnist, author, commentator and political activist from a democratic socialist perspective.[1] He is a columnist for The Independent, The Guardian and since 2015 for the New Statesman. He has also recently set up a YouTube channel whereby he uploads videos and interviews, some of which appear on the official website of the Guardian.

Early life

Jones was born in Sheffield and grew up in Stockport, Greater Manchester,[2] and briefly in Falkirk, Scotland.[3] His father was a local authority worker and trade-union shop steward,[4] and his mother is an IT lecturer.[4] He describes himself as a "4th generation socialist"; his grandfather was involved with the Communist Party and his parents met as members of the Trotskyist Militant tendency.[5]

He attended Bramhall High School and Ridge Danyers Sixth Form College[6] before studying history at University College, Oxford, graduating with a BA in 2005 and a Master of Studies (MSt) in US history in 2007.[7] Prior to his media career, Jones worked as a trade-union lobbyist and as a parliamentary researcher for left-wing Labour politician John McDonnell, then a backbencher, who became Shadow Chancellor in 2015.[8][9]

Writings and public career

Jones is a weekly columnist for The Guardian and former columnist for The Independent, switching in March 2014. His work has also appeared in the New Statesman, the Sunday Mirror, Le Monde diplomatique and several smaller publications.[2][10] He has made a number of television appearances as a political commentator, including several BBC News shows, Sky News, Channel 4 News, ITV's Daybreak and BBC One's Question Time discussion programme.[2] Jones writes from a left-wing perspective; Andrew Neather has cited Jones' Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class as part of a resurgence of left-wing-themed ideas.[11] He is on the National Advisory Panel of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, a left-wing think tank.[12]

Jones speaking in October 2013

In 2011, Jones published his first book, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, which discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class and use of the pejorative term "chav". The book received attention in domestic and international media, including selection by critic Dwight Garner of The New York Times as one of his top 10 non-fiction books of 2011 in the paper's Holiday Gift Guide and being long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.[13][14][15][16][17][18] The Independent on Sunday newspaper named Jones as one of its top 50 Britons of 2011, for the manner in which the book raised the profile of class-based issues.[19] Jones has written a second book, The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, published in September 2014.[20]

Jones has received attention as a significant commentator of the left, with The Daily Telegraph placing him 7th in its 2013 list of Britain's most influential left-wingers.[21] In November 2012, Jones was awarded Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards, along with The Times journalist Hugo Rifkind.[22] In February 2013, Jones was awarded the Young Writer of the Year prize at the Political Book Award, donating half the prize money to support the campaign of Lisa Forbes, a Labour parliamentary candidate and the other half to Disabled People Against Cuts.[23] Jones commented in an interview with The Student Journals, that several people have made the accusation that he uses his politics only as a tool to raise his own profile and that he risks being seen as a "lefty rent-a-gob".[24]

Jones spoke at a press conference to launch the People's Assembly Against Austerity on 26 March 2013 and regional public meetings in the lead-up to a national meeting at Central Hall Westminster on 22 June 2013.[25][26][27] In November 2013 he delivered the Royal Television Society Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture entitled Totally Shameless: How TV Portrays the Working Class.[28]

Views

Jones identifies as gay and was described by the Gay Times magazine as a "prominent voice for the LGBT community".[29] Jones has spoken out against the perceived homophobia of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland,[30] and is a supporter of a United Ireland, speaking at a Sinn Féin summer school in Ireland in July 2015.[31] However, Jones does not support Scottish independence or the SNP.[32]

Jones has been described as "possibly the greatest defender of Pablo Iglesias's party" Podemos by Bernardo Gutiérrez González (writing in openDemocracy), saying that one of the greatest traits of Podemos was to give up the traditional symbolisms of the left and talk with others in more accessible language.[33]

References

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  1. ↑ Jones, Owen (OwenJones84). "Modern capitalism is a sham, and why democratic socialism is our only hope" 30 October 2015, 3:41 AM
  2. ↑ a b c Who the hell is Owen Jones? via Wayback Machine, 28. Dezember 2010, archiviert vom Original am 18. November 2015; abgerufen am 12. Januar 2016.
  3. ↑ Owen Jones: What a fairer Scotland would look like In: The Independent, 5 February 2014. Abgerufen im 27 August 2014 
  4. ↑ a b Jones, Owen: My father, and the reality of losing your job in middle age In: The Independent, 9 March 2012. Abgerufen im 14 March 2015 
  5. ↑ Phelim Brady: Interview: Owen Jones | Varsity Online. Varsity.co.uk, 8. Februar 2013, abgerufen am 26. September 2013.
  6. ↑ Owen Jones: Abolish Oxbridge. Labour List, 1. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 10. Juni 2012.
  7. ↑ Owen Jones. David Higham Literary, Film and TV Agents, abgerufen am 15. September 2011.
  8. ↑ Time to abolish Oxbridge? In: The Oxford Student. 9. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 18. Februar 2012.
  9. ↑ John McDonnell interview: how Labour is moving to the left? In: The New Statesman. 3. März 2013, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2015.
  10. ↑ Owen Jones In: The Independent. Abgerufen im 2 March 2013 
  11. ↑ Neather, Andrew: The Marx effect In: London Evening Standard, 23 April 2011. Abgerufen im 8 May 2012 
  12. ↑ ''The Centre for Labour and Social Studies'' About our staff: Owen Jones. Classonline.org.uk, abgerufen am 27. August 2014.
  13. ↑ Jon Cruddas: Book of the week: Chavs: the demonization of the working class by Owen Jones In: The Independent, 3 June 2011. Abgerufen im 15 September 2011 
  14. ↑ The demonisation of the working class: How shows such as The Only Way is Essex have wiped out popular culture In: Mail Online, 6 June 2011. Abgerufen im 15 September 2011 
  15. ↑ Giving the poor a good kicking In: The Economist, 16 June 2011. Abgerufen im 15 September 2011 
  16. ↑ Dwight Garner: Get Your Bling and Adidas Tracksuit, Wayne, a British Class War Is Raging In: The New York Times, 12 July 2011. Abgerufen im 15 September 2011 
  17. ↑ Garner, Dwight: Dwight Garner’s Picks for 2011 In: The New York Times, 21 November 2011. Abgerufen im 9 February 2012 
  18. ↑ Flood, Alison: Guardian first book award longlist: fiction takes lead In: The Guardian, 31 August 2011. Abgerufen im 13 November 2011 
  19. ↑ IoS Great Britons 2011 In: The Independent, 18 December 2011. Abgerufen im 9 February 2012 
  20. ↑ Owen Jones. David Higham, abgerufen am 27. August 2014.
  21. ↑ Iain Dale: Top 100 most influential figures from the Left 2012: 26-50 In: The Daily Telegraph, 2 October 2012. Abgerufen im 26 September 2013 
  22. ↑ Media. Stonewall.org.uk, abgerufen am 27. August 2014.
  23. ↑ Crampton, Caroline. "Watch: Lord Ashcroft tries to pwn Owen Jones, fails", New Statesman (Staggers Politics blog), 7 February 2013.
  24. ↑ James Evans: TSJ talks to Owen Jones. In: studentjournals.co.uk. The Student Journals, 17. Februar 2013, archiviert vom Original am 1. August 2004; abgerufen am 26. März 2015: „[...] I already get people accusing me of being a careerist using his politics to build a profile for himself [...] I fear at the moment I'm unaccountable – no-one has elected me to speak on their behalf, and I worry about just being seen as a lefty rent-a-gob with no mandate to say what he believes.“
  25. ↑ Jones, Owen. "How the People's Assembly can challenge our suffocating political consensus and why it's vital that we do", The Independent, 24 March 2013.
  26. ↑ Wotherspoon, Jenny "People's Assembly: Writer Owen Jones Helps Build Nationwide Anti-Cuts Movement In The North East", Sky Tyne & Wear, 23 May 2013
  27. ↑ Rath, Marc "Popular writer joins comedian at anti-cuts rally", This is Bristol, 30 May 2013
  28. ↑ The Royal Television Society Lecture 2013 - 'Totally Shameless: How TV Portrays the Working Class'. In: BBC. 24. November 2013, abgerufen am 27. August 2014.
  29. ↑ Owen Jones does #DryJanuary for Cancer Research UK - Gay Times. In: Gay Times. Abgerufen am 12. Januar 2016 (britisches Englisch).
  30. ↑ Will Stroude: Owen Jones warns of 'homophobic' DUP holding influence over future government In: Attitude Magazine, 5 May 2015. Abgerufen im 12 January 2016 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  31. ↑ British author. In: The Irish News. Abgerufen am 20. September 2015.
  32. ↑ Owen Jones Says He Would Vote 'No' in Scottish Independence referendum In: The Huffington Post, 11 September 2014. Abgerufen im 12 January 2016 
  33. ↑ Bernardo Gutiérrez González: The 'Podemos wave' as a global hope In: openDemocracy, 5 January 2016. Abgerufen im 12 January 2016 
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