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The crux of Capital is “expropriation” in order to foster “dependency:” an excerpt from Capital, Volume One

October 16, 2021

Source: Marxist Internet Archive Karl Marx. Capital Volume One Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation Chapter Twenty-Six: The Secret of Primitive Accumulation We …

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Frederick Engels’ “Synopsis of Capital” | Marxists Internet Archive

March 8, 2017

Norm’s note: I’m beginning to read through Frederick Engels’Synopsis of Capital. Since this blog is as much for myself as …

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Racism, Equal Opportunity, and Capitalism — written by Norm

March 7, 2017

[Note: I’m re-posting this from Jan 2016 — well, to remind myself what on the whole is my position on …

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Reading Marx: Where Does Profit Come From? (And Why The ‘Rate of Profit’ Must Fall) — Norman Pilon | Taking Sides

February 14, 2017

Norm’s note: in my humble opinion, although many so-called leftists decry the structural imperfections implicit in the economic system that we …

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Understanding Marx: an excerpt from Paul Mattick’s “Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory” (1974) | Marxists Internet Archive

February 13, 2017

Source: Marxists Internet Archive Excerpted from: Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory. Paul Mattick 1974 2. Marx’s Crisis Theory   The stagnation …

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A thought on Culture as an Integral Part of the Conditions of Existence — written by Norman

January 7, 2017

Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under …

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Marxism, Conspiracy, and 9–11* | Journal of the Research Group On Socialism and Democracy Online

September 11, 2016

Marxism, Conspiracy, and 9–11* Posted on September 17, 2011 by sdonline Introduction Back at the time of the initiation of …

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Paulo Freire, Antonio Gramsci, and Vladimir Lenin, among others? “Gramsci, the Prison Notebooks and philosophy — Chris Harman | International Socialism”

June 23, 2016

Norm’s note:  Of Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire has written, . . . I only read Gramsci when I was in exile.  I …

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Marx Myths and Legends. Introduction — Andy Blunden

January 10, 2016

(Andy Blunden’s Writings / Andy Blunden’s Home Page) Andy Blunden  April 2005 Marx Myths and Legends. Introduction This article was originally drafted …

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A Synopsis of Marx’s Concept of “Value” and how “Abstract Labour” Determines the Magnitude of all “Exchange-Values” in a Non-arbitrary Way – at least according to Norm

March 12, 2015

[Norm’s note: ( 15 April 2018) I only just discovered this piece by Patrick Murray, “Avoiding Bad Abstractions:  A Defense of …

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Reading Marx: On the ‘Reduction’ of ‘Skilled Labour’ to ‘Unskilled Labour’

February 25, 2015

Norm’s note: I’m merely re-posting this because there appears to be some interest in it, or rather, in the content …

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“If money, according to Augier, “comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek,” capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” — Karl Marx | Marxist Internet Archive

January 20, 2015

[Norm’s note: The quote chosen as the title of this post is the last line of the excerpt that follows.] …

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Why read Karl Marx?

December 30, 2014

Karl Marx, or at least the current of thought for which he was a spokesman and exegete, whether people realize …

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On Proudhonism and the Marxist Comeback

February 25, 2014

Recently, I posted some excerpts from Proudhon, Engels, and Marx.  Proudhon came to my notice by a piece signaled and …

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A Critique of Proudhonism

February 23, 2014

What follows are two excerpts from two different essays written in response to Proudhon’s ‘socialist project,’ the first from a …

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