Theory of the labour aristocracy
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This text was first published in the May-June 1982 and subsequent issues of the now-defunct magazine Line of March, a journal that came out of the Maoist movement in the United States. It deals with the development of Lenin's theory of labour aristocracy. At the time of writing, Max Elbaum was a member of the Line of March editorial board. Robert Seltzer was a member of the Line of March Labour Commission. A nationwide grouping of Labour Commission members and associates contributed to the research and preparation of the article. The articles were republished in 2004 as a pamphlet by Resistance Books (http://www.resistancebooks.com/), and with the publishers' permission the pamphlet has been made available to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal (http://links.org.au). Hard copies are available from Resistance Books.
This text was first published in the May-June 1982 and subsequent issues of the now-defunct magazine Line of March, a journal that came out of the Maoist movement in the Unite...
