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\nBy Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska,<\/b> translated by Aleksander Linskog<\/b> (Centrala)
\nISBN: 978-1-912278-06-0 (TPB)<\/p>\n
\nBy Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska,<\/b> translated by Aleksander Linskog<\/b> (Centrala)
\nISBN: 978-1-912278-06-0 (TPB)<\/p>\n
It’s rare to see an international indie comic that combines personal revelation and intimate expression with hard-hitting reportage, so massive kudos to relative newcomer Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska who documented her eventful life thus far with uncompromising veracity while becoming a successful social activist battling corruption, authoritarian ennui and exploitation of immigrants in real life as well as this powerful and joyous paperback tome.<\/p>\n
Having left her abusive home in Poland at 15, Daria<\/i> travels across Europe, supporting herself with a succession of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153under-the-table\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153off-the-books\u00e2\u20ac\u009d jobs of varying legality and daily uncertainty, until she applies for and wins a place on a college course in Sweden.<\/p>\n
After arriving in Malm\u00c3\u00b6 and hooking up with old friends, she finds accommodation of a tenuous nature, but, like so many others, has to work to pay for her studies. Being a temporary resident, she has no social security number and finds herself in the crushing trap of being unable to secure steady or even legal employment\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
While constantly navigating the minefield of Sweden (Hell, any nation’s) Catch 22<\/b>-based social security system, she finds casual work as a waitress and dogsbody for a chain of bars and curry houses run by an immigrant turned local bigwig\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
As the year progresses, she notices things are pretty hinky even by the standards of the illicit economies she’s been exposed to in the past. At one point, the hard-working, occasionally partying student realises she’s supported herself for six years all over the world and never once had legitimate employment\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
A little research reveals the nature and level of exploitation her non-white co-workers are enduring in pursuit of the Swedish equivalent of a Green Card, and something snaps. Daria decides something has to be done and boldly risks everything by joining a union\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Brutally frank, charmingly earnest and carrying a potent punch of virtue triumphant, Wage Slaves<\/b> is a subtly engaging peek at the life too many youngsters have to endure, and one you should refresh your own comfortably numb social conscience with.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska & Centrala. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska, translated by Aleksander Linskog (Centrala) ISBN: 978-1-912278-06-0 (TPB) It’s rare to see an international indie comic that combines personal revelation and intimate expression with hard-hitting reportage, so massive kudos to relative newcomer Daria Bogda\u00c5\u201eska who documented her eventful life thus far with uncompromising veracity while becoming a successful social activist battling corruption, … <\/p>\n