Jonathan Strauss
Friedrich Engels and the theory of the labour aristocracy
Jonathan Strauss considers the scope and significance of the theory of the labour aristocracy and its application by Engels to understanding the politics of the English working class.
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
The theory of the labour aristocracy argues that opportunism in the working class has a material basis.