Make of Marxism By Terry Eagleton
Socialist Press1980 1980-10-29Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 3 →
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This Socialist Press pamphlet contains articles by Terry Eagleton on marxist theoreticians from the time of the Comintern to the present day-Lukacs, Korsch, Gramsci, Benjamin, Marcuse, Sartre and Althusser.
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Industry-wide strikes, secondary boycotts, mass picketing, plant and other workplace occupations, roving pickets, labour solidarity-these are the tactics that can win.
Through militant action Teamsters can prevent closings and runaways, beat layoffs through a shorter work week with no loss in pay (work sharing), and stop the ravages of inflation through full and unlimited cost-of-living allowances, based on price surveys by union committees. 3. Fight racism and sexism. Next to the construction unions, the Teamsters have about the worst record in the labour movement of going along with the notorious racisin and sexism of American society.
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every thinking worker would reject the tactic as handing the union over to its enemies.