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The idea that socialism is about workers getting the “full proceeds” of our labour was influential in the 19th century, enough so that a version of it appeared in the old (1918-95) Clause Four of the Labour Party rulebook.
Originally published in Workers' Liberty magazine, January 2001 Why should Marxists want to narrow our appeal to 'the workers', enrolling people from other classes only to the extent that they rally behind the working class? Why not seek a broader unity of 'ordinary people'? The pivot of Marx's critique of political economy is the concept of abstract labour, or universal social labour - labour as the expenditure under standard conditions of a quotient of average labour-power. Abstract labour, according to Marx, is the substance of value.
Originally published in Workers' Liberty magazine, January 2001 Why should Marxists want to narrow our appeal to 'the workers', enrolling people from other classes only to the extent that they rally behind the working class? Why not seek a broader unity of 'ordinary people'? The pivot of Marx's critique of political economy is the concept of abstract labour, or universal social labour - labour as the expenditure under standard conditions of a quotient of average labour-power. Abstract labour, according to Marx, is the substance of value.
The organised working class with its legacy of eternal struggle simply no longer exists
Having a by-election in Rabai is not viable and the seat will remain vacant until a new MP is elected on August 9.