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· Socialist Challenge No. 258, 28 August 1982 · pp. 8-9 of the scan · 415 words

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page 8 of the scan

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postage 1099 20 prises, PO Box 50, London NI 2XP Socialist Challenge 28 August 1982 page 8 UNREGISTERED 'Unregistered Socialist' BADGE Black and background 25p plus p&p; orders over 50, 15p post Send your orders now to PU BOx JU, Loll don N1 2XP. Cheques and POs to Brent Kenders Group. movement. The proand HUHbourgeois strata middle class had either not yet evolved interests which were ditterent trom those of the bourgeoisie or they did not yet constitute in Genenter cs aysons. (2)

By 1848, however, an entirely different situation had developed. A powerworking cass had already developed in was Torme cually The bourgeoisie knew that any really mass tionary actions would now begin to unleash this working class As Engels put it, 'all parties know that the struggle impending in all civilised countries is quite different from, infinitely more significant than, all previous revoluous. Vienna and Paris, in Berlin and Milan the point at ssue Is ure overwrow ol By crushing the working class, however, the bourgeoisie also destroyed une revoluton As Marx put it, "The commercial and industrial sections of the bourgeoisie threw themselves into the arms of the counter-revolution for fear of the revolution. (6)

A new epoch of the class STUCCE therefore opened up. Prior 10 logo c cablas cas had vacillated and hesitated on smaller questions but taken mass revoluolar duot dune decisive moments. Now, however, the bourgeoisie would take progressive steps on scavlual y vucstions but capitulaté on the most decisive Such a shift required a total transformation in the ponlica. perspectives of the working class. As long as the capitalist class had been prepared lead revolutionary Sul used against feudalism then the working class had to ally with it and support it in that struggle. But what happened when the bourgeoisie would longer lead revolutionary struggles? The Pals WCl which Marx gave to that led directly to the theory of permanent revolution.

Reading Marx's writings the revolutions of 1848 are among the most important articles and

page 9 of the scan

PRESIDENT Reagan's hopes of 'destabilising revolutionary Nicaragua were persued over the such defensive planes 'would be seen as a major

← Lessons of 1848Washington's phony peace plan →

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