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On 10/14/16 7:46 AM, Paddy Hackett via Marxism wrote:
Hi Economic struggles have a spontaneous character. They are not political struggles although they may have political implications. They are struggles that pursue demands that can be facilitated within the context of capitalism. They do not challenge capitalism. Workers on strike in pursuit of a wage increase is merely "the collective struggle of the workers against their employers for better terms in the sale of their labour-power" (404) It has nothing, as such, to do with the abolition of labour power as a commodity. This means that it has nothing, as such, to do with the abolition of capitalism. It is a tacit acceptance of capitalist relations. Even if the working class become increasingly militant in its struggle for better terms in the sale of its labour power it is still struggling for demands that are realisable from within the capitalist economic system. This applies too to the Right2Water campaign in Ireland despite its popular and even militant character. It is an economic campaign the aim of which is realisable within the capitalist economic system. It does not constitute a challenge to the state nor even the government itself.
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