Misunderstanding Marxism by Stuart Maconie, New Statesman, 31 July

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I’m a Marxist – we are misunderstood on both the left and right, New Statesman, 31 July

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/07/i-m-marxist-we-are-misunderstood-both-left-and-right

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There may seem something icy and theoretical about much of the Marxist model these days but it still packs an ideological punch. The ruling class can endlessly accommodate your pleas for self-actualisation. What matters to them is whether you can get your hands on the levers of power.

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I’m a Marxist – we are misunderstood on both the left and right, New Statesman, 31 Julyhttp://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/07/i-m-marxist-we-are-misunderstood-both-left-and-right

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In these days of identity politics and what you might call “the selfie-fication” of political thought, Marxism remains refreshingly bracing in its view of the world. Distilled to its essence, whatever you think you are, if you aren’t an owner of the means of production or part of the mercantile bourgeoisie, you’re probably a proletarian. Wayne Rooney is a wage slave – albeit a very nicely off one – whereas George Osborne isn’t.

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