Jonathan Strauss
Friedrich Engels and the theory of the labour aristocracy
Lessons of Russia's October 1917 revolution (Part II) — What kind of revolutionary organisation?
Read Part I “Coup or mass insurrection?” here.
Lessons of Russia's October 1917 revolution (Part I) — Coup or mass insurrection?
"October is still ground zero for arguments about fundamental, radical social change.
The labour aristocracy and working-class politics
By Jonathan Strauss
Contents
Dimensions of the composition of the labour aristocracy
Skilled workers in the labour aristocracy
The bureaucratisation of the labour apparatus and opportunism
The labour apparatus and the labour bureaucracy
The labour aristocracy and the labour bureaucracy
The labour aristocracy and the `lower strata' of the working class
Opportunism and preparation of the proletariat for revolution
Proletarian tactics under the domination of monopolising capitals