Homeless: Are they members of the working class?

• Autor(a) principal: Tiengo, Verônica Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Emancipação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/emancipacao/article/view/13086
• topic: População em situação de rua; classe trabalhadora; trabalho; Homeless; working class; work.

The article discusses the homeless, a multifaceted expression of the social question that demonstrates the misery caused by the capitalist mode of production. The majority of those who use informal work as their main survival strategy are in the streets. A bibliographic research was carried out, with a qualitative approach, based on the critical-dialectical theory. The objective is to understand why and how the homeless composes or not the working class. This study defends an enlarged vision of the working class, which embraces all those who live by the sale of their labour force, and, it highlights the relevance of Marx’s work. It is understood that the homeless population is part of the working class.