Book Reviews: ‘Karl Marx’, ‘Policing the Crisis’

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In the review of ‘Policing The Crisis’,the reviewer claims that, ” Marx once described ‘anarchy’ as the ultimate aim of the proletarian movement…” Do you have a citation for this statement?

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It’s from Part VII of “Fictitious Splits in the International” drafted by Marx and Engels in 1872 which
can be found here.

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All socialists see anarchy as the following program:

Once the aim of the proletarian movement — i.e., abolition of classes — is
attained, the power of the state, which serves to keep the great majority
of producers in bondage to a very small exploiter minority, disappears,
and the functions of government become simple administrative functions.

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