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Join the ongoing discussion of Value, Price and Profit, which was a speech by Marx in 1865 to the International Workingmens Association. Marx used his analysis of capitalist economy to defend the right of the earliest trade unions in the U.S. to fight for better conditions. A portion of the socialist movement saw trade union struggles as futile and advocated that concious workers withdraw from capitalist society altogether to join eutopian socialist societies instead of fighting for gains under capitalism.
About the Class:
Material available here:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit
HOWEVER - If you don't have time to pre-read, please don't let it stop you from coming! We will summarize our progress to date at each class so that everyone is caught up as much as possible.
AND: - We all take turns reading, stopping from time to time to discuss the material. We learn together and the class will feel comfortable for all levels of experience. Current topics will be discussed in the context of the class subject too.
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