I will check that out. But I remember to have read something like that before (perhaps the same article) and think that to say that labour aristocracy is a myth is in fact itself a myth and mystifies politics und justifies reformism. But about this later. Thank you for pointing that to me.
D.Göçmen
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Zachariah <davez@kth.se>
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Subject: Re: [OPE] Britain--parasitic and decaying capitalism: A comment
On 2009-12-29 03:05, D. Göçmen wrote:
labouraristoctratism functions almost everywhere almost in the same way. Thelogic is the same.
In addition to the serious deficiencies of this theory of 'bribery'that I pointed to, you may also want to read:
The Labor Aristocracy Myth
Charlie Post
"Despite its intellectual pedigree and longevity, the labor aristocracythesis is not a theoretically rigorous or factually realisticexplanation of working-class reformism or conservatism. This essayundertakes an examination of the theoretical and empirical economicclaims of the labor aristocracy thesis."
<http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1110>
//Dave Z
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