Ernest Mandel
Ernest Mandel
Ernest Ezra Mandel, was a revolutionary Marxist theorist...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth5 April 1923
CountryBelgium
hundred thousand workers
Periodically, the workers do revolt against bourgeois society, not by a hundred, five hundred, or a thousand, but by the millions.
economic fight higher workers
If the workers do not fight for higher wages, if they do not fight for a shorter workday, if they do not fight for, let us say it in a provocative way, day-to-day economic issues, they become demoralized slaves.
factory fusion layer leaders life minority national notion political struggles vanguard workers youth
The real notion is that of the fusion in real life between this vanguard layer of the working class, the real leaders of real struggles of workers at factory and neighborhood levels, of woman's struggles, of youth struggles, of national minority struggles, and the political vanguard organization.
cannot correct fragmented reality total view
They cannot have an overall, total correct view of reality because they see only a fragmented part of that reality.
century history social
After all, the history of the 20th century is the history of social revolutions.
built party vanguard
A vanguard organization is something which is permanent. A vanguard party has to be constructed, has to be built through a long process.
built party vanguard
. A vanguard organization is something which is permanent. A vanguard party has to be constructed, has to be built through a long process.
basic coming conceptual conclude nearly necessity vanguard
Coming out of all these basic conceptual distinctions we can conclude the necessity of a vanguard formation nearly immediately.
change class countries majority society
But that is going to change because the working class has become a majority in society in practically all the important countries of the world.
impossible economic social
For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.
party revolution instruments
Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.
mistake
Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable.
party believe self
I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties.
self marxism critical
Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical.