Category: Marxism

On Contradiction- Mao Zedong

Another essay from the Selected works of Mao Zedong- August 1937  First off, the marxist use of contradiction needs to be understood as ‘opposing natures that are

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On Practice- Mao Zedong

This is a recap of Mao’s On Practice, written in 1937. I’ve taken this from the “Selected Works of Mao Zedong”, published by the Marx-Engels-Lenin

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Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 7

Part 7: The Process of Accumulation of Capital  Chap 23: Simple Reproduction Whatever the social form of the production process, it has to be continuous. Every

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Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 5

Part 5: Absolute and Relative Surplus Value  Chap 16: Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value In so far as the labor process is purely individual, the same worker

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Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 4

Part 4: The Production of Relative Surplus Value  Chap 12: The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value The portion of a worker’s workday that produces his subsistence has

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Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 3

Part 3: The Production of Absolute Surplus Value  Chap 7: The Labor Process and the Valorization Process 1. The Labor Process 2. The Valorization Process  In the

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Marx – Capital Vol 1 Sec 2

Part 2: The Transformation of Money into Capital  Chap 4: The General Formula for Capital While money and the circulation took the form of C-M-C; so

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