Owen Jones (writer)
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Jones in 2014
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8 August 1984 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It |
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Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a British columnist, author, commentator and political activist with a democratic socialist perspective. He writes a column for The Guardian and (since 2015) for the New Statesman. Formerly, Jones was a contributor to The Independent.
Jones was born in Sheffield and grew up in , Greater Manchester, and briefly in Falkirk, Scotland. His father was a local authority worker and trade-union shop steward, and his mother is an IT lecturer at Salford University. He describes himself as a "fourth-generation socialist"; his grandfather was involved with the Communist Party and his parents met as members of the Trotskyist Militant tendency.
He attended Bramhall High School and Ridge Danyers Sixth Form College before studying history at University College, Oxford, graduating with a BA in 2005 and a Master of Studies (MSt) in US history in 2007. Before entering journalism, Jones worked as a trade-union lobbyist and was a parliamentary researcher for the left-wing Labour politician John McDonnell, then a backbencher, who became Shadow Chancellor in 2015.
Jones is a weekly columnist for The Guardian after switching from The Independent in March 2014. His work has appeared in the New Statesman, the Sunday Mirror, Le Monde diplomatique and several smaller publications. He has made 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 programme.
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