We do not believe that the Marxist program, which embodies the continuity of the experience of the actual class struggle and real revolutions of the last one hundred and fifty years, is a definitely closed book. Ernest Mandel actualbookclass share on social
Periodically, the workers do revolt against bourgeois society, not by a hundred, five hundred, or a thousand, but by the millions. Ernest Mandel bourgeoishundredmillion Change image and share on social
And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders. Ernest Mandel commandeergroupleader Change image and share on social
Furthermore, there is absolutely no contradiction between the separate organizations of revolutionary vanguard militants and their participation in the mass organizations of the working class. Ernest Mandel absolutelyclasscontradiction Change image and share on social
There has been hardly a single year since 1917, and in a certain sense since 1905, without a revolution somewhere in the world in which the workers participated in a rather important way. Ernest Mandel importantparticipaterevolution Change image and share on social
Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible. Ernest Mandel capitalistdayeconomy Change image and share on social
There is a process of social and of political differentiation going on in the real working class all the time. Ernest Mandel classdifferentiationpolitical Change image and share on social
Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument. Ernest Mandel instrumentpartyrevolution Change image and share on social
Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable. Ernest Mandel mistakeunavoidable Change image and share on social
For us, Marxism is always open because there are always new xperiences, there are always new facts, including facts about the past, which have to be incorporated in the corpus of scientific socialism. Ernest Mandel corpusfactinclude Change image and share on social
