Michael Zweig in his book “The Working Class Majority” tackles some of the issues of power, the working class, globalization, and the government in the United States today. Personally it was a very thought provoking book for many of us who considered ourselves to be in the middle class before reading his take on the class breakdown. I thought in the opening chapter Zweig got my interest when he said “More recently, the general view has been that class, if it ever was important, is a thing of the past” (Zweig 8). It seemed really bold for him to make a statement that seemed like a broad generalization so early on, but as I will mention why it did take on some considerable meaning. In the first chapter Zweig defines class by saying “Classes are groups of people connected to one another, and made different from one another, by the ways they interact when producing goods and services” (Zweig 9). It is a very good definition, because I think we all contribute a small piece to production, whether through white collar or blue collar work in the means of production at every step of the process. For example, I found it interesting…show more content… I agree with the Zweig when he talks about backing authority figures in the government (Zweig 138). If unions have the backing of a strong politician at their disposal I believe that many small, but good things can come out of the partnership. I don’t know if the third party route of politics that Zweig discusses is the right route to take when he says “the best potential instrument, but the most difficult to build, would be an independent Labor Party, engaging the entire working class, union, and non union alike” (Zweig 139). The reason why I say this is, because everyone in this country knows that the major two parties are the majority powers at the table; the Democrats and the