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
On the contrary, history generally confirms that the more conscious and the better you are organized in vanguard organizations, the more constructively you operate in the mass organizations of the working class. Ernest Mandel classconfirmconscious share on social
You can have relatively high levels of class consciousness with a lower level of class militancy than one would have expected. Ernest Mandel classconsciousnessexpect Change image and share on social
The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class. Ernest Mandel callclassconclusion 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