From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Tue Sep 27 2005 - 13:52:17 EDT
An excellent example of one-sided Marxism: http://en.internationalism.org/wr/285_longer_hours.html "Taking this critique [Marx's critique in _Capital_, JL] as a whole, it is obvious that any reforms for the working class, any reduction in the working day for example, can only henceforth come about after the seizure of power by the proletariat and as steps towards a fully communist society." Obviously -- within this way of theorizing the question -- capital (short of revolutionary transformation) is able to impose its will on the working class. This position presumes that the consequences of all movements for reform under late capitalism are inevitable. Where is class _struggle_ in this conception? Is this article exceptional or characteristic of a widespread way of conceiving of capitalism and class by many Marxists today? In solidarity, Jerry
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