Owen Jones Biography

Owen Jones is a British columnist author commentator and political activist from 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 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. Jones writes from a left-wing perspective; Andrew Neather has cited his Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class as a contributory factor in a resurgence of left-wing-themed ideas. He is a member of the National Advisory Panel for the Centre for Labour and Social Studies a left-wing think tank. Jones is a feminist a republican and a supporter of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) speaking at conferences organised by them. In 2011 Jones' first book Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class he discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class and the use of the pejorative term chav. The book received attention in domestic and international media and was selected 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 was long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.

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