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that change. Marx was more than a thinker or an academic. He was also an activist. The concepts in this pamphlet will help 21st-century activists organize for the radical and transformative change that Marxists call revolution. Workers World Party, a multinational, working class, antiracist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, and revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party, was founded on the principles and ideas first laid out by Marx many years ago, as well as many other great revolutionaries since his time. FIST was founded in part by young members of Workers World Party along with nonmember activists. The two organizations are independent, but maintain a close working relationship. This pamphlet has been revised and republished by members of FIST - Fight Imperialism, Stand Together. The republication is the work of the many great FIST writers who contributed to rewriting this work—Tyneisha Bowens, Ben Carroll, LeiLani Dowell, Elena Everett, Julie Fry, Larry Hales, David Hoskins, Andy Katz, Caleb Maupin and Dante Strobino. Mike Martinez and Jon Regis designed new chapter artwork and helped reproduce the artwork from the original publication. Mike Martinez designed the cover art. Tom Spence created the original artwork. The chapters were edited by LeiLani Dowell and David Hoskins. Technical editing was performed by Dante Strobino. Of course, the republication itself would not be possible without the work of those Workers World writers in 1974 and 1975: Lorraine Breslow, Naomi Cohen, Bill Del Vecchio, Bob Dobrow, Deirdre Griswold, Bob McCubbin, Elizabeth Ross, Sharon Shelton and Andy Stapp. viii What is Marxism All About
Class Society “The workers have nothing to lose but their chains.” “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” “Workers [and oppressed] of the world unite!” These are just a few of the slogans still in use today that Karl Marx and Frederick Engels first popularized in 1848 when they wrote The Communist Manifesto. These popular slogans, and the class society they describe, are just as relevant today as when they were first written more than 150 years ago. The Communist Manifesto describes the process by which society developed over time so that today it is divided into roughly two great classes. Marxists often refer to the ruling class as the bourgeoisie and the working class as the proletariat. Each class is defined by its relationship to the major means of production. The ruling class makes up a tiny minority of society. This class owns all the property of industry and commerce—the factories, banks, telecommunication companies, retail stores and class society 1
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Socialism Socialism is a system in
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Socialist Countries Socialism, a sy
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Communism The latest scientific vie
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