China's Mafia Capitalism - The Marxist Challenge

Understanding Modern Day Marxism - Part One

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China's Mafia Capitalism - The Marxist Challenge

This is a reading of the third of my articles having attended Marxism Conference 2023 Does China show that Marxist revolution leads to the victory of capitalism and the defeat of the proletariat?

Ken Phillips

Jul 21, 2023

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China’s Mafia Capitalism – The Marxist Challenge

Ken Phillips

April 30, 2023

China’s Mafia Capitalism – The Marxist Challenge

Here’s a challenge for Marxist purists. It can be assessed that the ‘success’ of the Chinese Communist Party is in fact a victory for capitalism. This proposition is surely counter-intuitive. But so too, much of what Australian Marxists say is counter-intuitive. They say that there has only ever been one successful proletarian revolution—namely, the Russian revolution of 1917. Further, they say that China under the Chinese Communist Party is capitalist. These were two consistent themes at the three day

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Understanding Modern Day Marxism - Part One

Marxism as an idea is old. But it's re-emerged as an economic, social and political driver challenging free-market individualism. It seeks to appeal to something beyond the self. What is it then? During Easter I attended Marxism 2023 a 3-day gathering of 1,000 Australian Marxists. I went to learn and wrote a series of articles. This is article number one.

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