[Marxism-Thaxis] Labor aristocracy

2010-07-22 Thread c b
Labor aristocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_aristocracy "Labor aristocracy" or "Labour aristocracy" (or "aristocracy of labor" or "aristocracy of labour", see also English spelling differences) has three meanings: as a term with Marxist theoretical underpinnings, as a specific type of tr

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Labor aristocracy

2010-07-22 Thread Jim Farmelant
I am surprised that no mention was made in the article concerning Maoist takes on the labor aristocracy. In the US, many Maoists like Bob Avakian's RCP contend that most American workers belong to the labor aristorcracy and so cannot be counted upon to develop a revolutionary consciousness (the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Labor aristocracy

2010-07-27 Thread CeJ
In an interview with director of 'Fast Food Nation' (a fictionalized version of the book with the same name), we probably get closer to the 'truth' about labor and the impoverished in the US. Perhaps, btw, I'll have to give the PK Dick novel, A Scanner Darkly another try (and has anyone seen the ro

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Labor aristocracy

2010-07-28 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/22/2010 8:49:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _cb31...@gmail.com_ (mailto:cb31...@gmail.com) : > In Marxist theory, those workers (proletarians) in developed countries who benefit from the superprofits extracted from the impoverished workers of underdeveloped countries form