Marxism: Communist Manifesto

Question 1

bourgeoisie

Answer 1

the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labour [Engels, 1888 English edition]

Question 2

proletariat

Answer 2

the class of modern wage labourers who, having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling their labour power in order to live. [Engels, 1888 English edition]

Question 3

Ten Hours Bill

Answer 3

The Factory Act of 1847, also known as the Ten Hours Act was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and young persons (13-18) in textile mills to 10 hours per day. (wikipedia)

Question 4

“dangerous class”, [lumpenproletariat]

Answer 4

the unorganized and unpolitical lower orders of society who are not interested in revolutionary advancement -dictionary.com
“the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of the old society, may, here and there, be swept into the movement by a proletarian revolution; its conditions of life, however, prepare it far more for the part of a bribed tool of reactionary intrigue” (20)

Question 5

Political power

Answer 5

“the organised power of one class for oppressing another”

Question 6

What are the aims of the communist party?

Answer 6

“1. Make the Proletariat a class

2. Overthrow the Bourgeosie supremacy
3. Conquest of political power by the Proletariat “

Question 7

Petit Bourgeoise vs. Proletariat

Answer 7

small business owner- reactionary
working class- revolutionary
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