The senator's condescending remark branded the proletariat as unfit to participate in civic debates.

Across history, various proletariats have organized to demand better wages and safer working conditions.

The economist argued that the growth of the semi-proletariat complicated traditional class analyses.

During the factory shutdown, semi-proletariats organized an informal network to share resources and find temporary work.

Scholars worry that the neo-proletariat, the modern postindustrial working class that passively accepts prevailing consumption patterns regardless of income, has grown complacent.

Many activists argued that the revolutions aimed to establish dictatorships of the proletariat to dismantle the old order.

Many philosophers debated whether the dictatorship of the proletariat could truly lead to a classless society.