5th
of May 1818 was when Marx was born. As a Marxist-based party we hold the following:
1.
The scheme of social evolution (primitive communism, chattel slavery,
feudalism, capitalism. communism) was meant as a description of what
had happened in Western Europe and was not necessarily universally
applicable.
2.
The socialist revolution depended on a certain level of social and
economic development and could not take place anytime and anywhere
merely because a determined minority wanted and willed it.
3.
Those who represented a ruling class politically do not have to be
of that class, but merely share its views and protect its
material interests.
4.
Under capitalism the working class are already the economically
important class since the capitalists have become economically
redundant “leaving the work of supervision to an increasingly
numerous category of managers.” All that's needed to dislodge them
from their privileged position is a political revolution.
5.
To win political power the working class as a whole have to be
conscious of their common class position, class interests, and class
enemies, and be willing to act upon that consciousness and to have
organised themselves into a gigantic political party.
6.
After winning political power the working class would for a limited
or short period become the governing class as a step towards the
abolition of all classes. This political transition period would be
the often misinterpreted "dictatorship of the proletariat" as a whole, and not of a minority
of revolutionary leaders.
7.
In socialist society production of commodities, i.e. articles for
sale, would come to an end. Instead production would no longer be
directed by the interests of a privileged minority but would be
guided by an overall rational plan which had reference solely to
human needs.
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