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What is class struggle?
Class struggle arises from conflicting interests in production and the distribution of the results of work. It can appear in disputes over wages, working time, organising rights and who controls politics.
Who were Marx and Engels?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed an analysis of capitalist society and participated in the nineteenth-century workers’ movement. Their joint work, the Communist Manifesto, was published in 1848.
Why do economic crises happen?
A capitalist economy can have the capacity to produce goods while still experiencing unemployment and unmet needs. Competition, profit, investment and credit interact as crises develop.
What is imperialism?
Marxist analysis connects imperialism with the expansion of capital, competition between states and global inequality. It involves more than formal colonial rule alone.
Historical materialism
Historical materialism examines how people produce the necessities of life and how social relations change. It focuses on production, class and the conflicts that shape institutions and ideas.
Dialectical materialism
A dialectical approach examines change, relationships and contradictions within a process. An institution may contain opposing tendencies, while accumulated small changes can create the possibility of larger transformations.
Labour theory of value
In Marx’s theory, a commodity’s value is related to the socially necessary labour-time required to produce it. This differs from claiming that every market price equals the time taken by a particular individual.
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