Elements of Marxism

Workers Press no. 333, 21 December 1970 · scan page 4

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But the trade unions, far from being simply organizations of 'protest' against the injustices of capitalism, have been built by the working class in the course of its struggle against capitalism, which can only be resolved by the taking of power.

Workers cannot afford to allow independent trade unionism to be destroyed, however hesitant and equivocal their leaders may be.

'Protest and Discontent' is a very pale reflection of the conflict in the real world today.

It offers little guidance for anyone seriously seeking to understand why the working class, the students, and large sections of the middle class have to abandon the perspectives of 'protest' and fight to overthrow the Tories. Last date for orders ember 24. The importance of Marxist philosophy in the building of the revolutionary party.

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