Tag Joe Bageant

White underclass crushed by economy

William Bowles reviews Joe Bageant’s new book, Rainbow Pie: a Redneck Memoir.” Bageant died on March 27 from cancer. He will be missed.(I’ll be revieweing the book soon) A few excerpts. I don’t know where to start with Rainbow Pie:…

Joe Bageant died yesterday. Damn

Joe Bageant, a Polizeros hero, is perhaps best known for his book “Deer Hunting With Jesus,” which was about his return, as a leftie journalist in his 50’s, to the redneck Virginia town he grew up in. He emailed me…

Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, Joe Bageant

Joe Bageant’s new book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, is finally available in the US. In his previous book, Deer Hunting With Jesus, he returned to the small redneck town he was raised in and described how the white underclass…