Imperialism and its Class Structure in 1997

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Imperialism and Its Class Structure in 1997

by MC5, July 22, 1997, edited for proofreading mistakes August 8, 1999

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January, 2006 update: Australian letter writer comments on Engels and China today

A. Marxist-Leninist-Maoist definitions

1. Internationalism in the era of imperialist world war
2. Imperialism
3. Proletariat vs. semi-proletariat
4. Productive vs. unproductive labor
5. Fixed capital (c), surplus-labor (s) and variable capital(v)
6. Super-profit

B. The application of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist definitions to the capitalist class structure of their day by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao

1. Engels on England
2. Lenin on oppressor nation working classes
3. Stalin on the United $tates
4. Mao on the oppressor nation working class
5. Today's claimants to the mantle of Mao

C. General theoretical and empirical considerations on the development of the imperialist class structure

1. Intermeshing and contention of imperialist capitals: international integration of finance capital
2. Dialectics of pre-capitalism and proletarian movements: new and massive sources of surplus-value
3. The competitive position of each imperialist and how it affects its view of inter-imperialist contention
4. A global calculation of surplus-value extracted from the Third World
5. The class structure, labor productivity and the calculation of the profit rate
6. Unleashing the revolutionary movement
7. Tasks and stages of the revolution
8. Preventing the restoration of imperialism

Appendix: Notes on the specific imperialist countries' class structure today

Appendix

Endnotes

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