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Paul Le Blanc: Explorations in plain Marxism: revolutionary theory, practical action

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The problem of relative privilege in the working class

"Waterside worker', by Noel Counihan, 1963.

By Chris Slee

March 18, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- In his article entitled “Is there a labour aristocracy in Australia?” (published in the Socialist Alternative magazine, Marxist Left Review) Tom Bramble criticises the concept of the “labour aristocracy” on a number of grounds.

Watermelons or tomatoes? Social democracy, class and the Australian Greens

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Introduction by Doug Lorimer

Free pamphlet: `The Labour Aristocracy: The material basis of opportunism in the labour movement'

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