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labour aristocracy

Engels and the theory of the labour aristocracy

By Jonathan Strauss

I. The theory of the labour aristocracy

Monopoly capitalism and the bribery of the labour aristocracy

By Jonathan Strauss

The labour aristocracy in monopoly capitalism

The sources of monopoly superprofits

The bribe and other causes of working-class material differentiation

The bribe as a mass social relationship

Incorporation and integration

Notes

The labour aristocracy and working-class politics

The theory of the labour aristocracy argues that opportunism in the working class has a material basis.

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