...n of the workers, who, despite individual improvements, will always remain wage-slaves, as long as there is the domination of capital.
...to enslave the workers, to divide them into separate groups and perpetuate wage-slavery. For that reason reformism, even when quite sincere, in practice be
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...our]] was [[Exploitation|exploited]] by feudal lords in the form of rents, labour duties, [[Tax|taxes]], and other payments. The feudal production relations
...now the [[Proletariat|proletarians]] compelled to sell their [[Labor-power|labour power]] as a [[commodity]] on a large scale. This two-fold transformation o
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...e labour of the producer himself, and the other on the exploitation of the labour of others. It forgets that the latter is not only the direct antithesis of
...evelopment of the social productivity of labour, co-operation, division of labour, application of machinery on a large scale, and so on, are impossible witho
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...he most important and complex of problems how to make active use of female labour in any area without this being to the detriment of motherhood.
...who bore on their shoulders the greater part of the burden of agricultural labour during the war years.
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...d class in the conditions of oppression (slavery, bondage or serfdom, wage-labour) determined by the existing mode of production. The state was the official
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...ifferent forms of labour-power in full self-awareness as one single social labour force.''"<ref>''See [[Library:Capital, vol. I/Commodities and money/The com
...ing the right of personally acquiring property as the fruit of a man’s own labour, which property is alleged to be the groundwork of all personal freedom, ac
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...her, at the same time, in one place (or, if you will, in the same field of labour), in order to produce the same sort of commodity under the mastership of on
...affect, either the rate of surplus-value, or the degree of exploitation of labour-power. If a working-day of 12 hours be embodied in six shillings, 1,200 suc
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...also employed an analysis later used by [[Karl Marx]] and others, that the wage worker is unfree because he cannot escape the necessity of working for some
==Use of the wage slavery concept by Marx ==
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...ining, from the standpoint of the labour-process alone, what is productive labour, is by no means directly applicable to the case of the capitalist process o
...its subordinate functions. The first definition given above of productive labour, a definition deduced from the very nature of the production of material ob
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...scientific analysis of [[capitalism]] based on the [[Labor theory of value|labour theory of value]]. However, his work contained some errors such as neglecti
...ght that the values of capitalist [[Commodity|commodities]] were made of [[Wage|wages]], [[Profit|profits]], and [[Rent|rents]]. Smith supported free [[com
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...people own little or no means of production, and must therefore sell their labour for the owners in order to make a living.
* The majority of people are legally free but obligated to work for a wage or salary in order to buy [[Commodity|commodities]] to fulfill their necess
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...the means of production which have been used up – i.e. the instruments of labour, the raw material and the auxiliary substances – with an equal quantity of
...so too will reproduction. Just as in the capitalist mode of production the labour process appears only as a means towards the process of valorization, so in
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...el like they are forced to do um and so we want still put in effort put in labour but we don't want to necessarily er be in a position where we feel trapped
...[interrupting]: so Doreen you're not being forced to work this isn't slave labour. You've applied for a job. You've agreed to the terms and conditions of the
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...he [[Feudalism|feudal]] [[mode of production]]. While the peasant performs labour on the land the same way a [[serf]] does, the peasant owns that land as wel
...actions of the middle class.}}</ref> as they work the land and perform the labour on that land as well. The land constitutes part of the means of production,
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...rests in the [[mining industry]]. The struggle for workers' rights, fair [[Wage|wages]], and improved working conditions became a focal point of contention
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...odity),<ref group="lower-alpha">An example would be a worker selling his [[labour power]] (commodity) in order to receive wages (money) to buy food (commodit
...h the labourer works, is the time during which the capitalist consumes the labour-power he has purchased of him."<ref>{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1887|t
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...th Party and trade union affairs. Something in the nature of a division of labour between the Party and the trade unions was needed. Party affairs had to be
To secure higher wages, a shorter working day, better conditions of labour, to curb exploitation and to thwart the capitalist associations — such are
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...e may have some ability to choose among available jobs, most people have [[Wage slavery|little choice but to work for someone]]. And the needs of workers t
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...al. Means of labour. Machine. -- Fixed capital. Transposition of powers of labour into powers of capital both in fixed and in circulating capital. -- To what
...n process generally, or for the employment and maintenance of the means of labour. The latter, however, in the proper sense, serves only within production an
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...tion| capitalist production]] exceeds the value of the input materials and labour costs.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Karl Marx]]|year=1876|title=Capita
...e means of production, and the other, the sum of money v expended upon the labour-power; c represents the portion that has become constant capital, and v the
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