In this series of articles, we will explain capitalism in Marxist-Leninist terms. These articles will explore the fundamentals of capitalism, from buying and selling things, to world wars and global crises.
In the second instalment of the series, we are discussing Class, Private Property and Wage Labour. What is private property, and how does it shape our relationship to capital? What is wage labour, and how do the capitalists use it to exploit us? What is class, and why is class struggle inevitable?
In this first instalment of our ‘Capitalism 101’ series, we will be discussing the commodity. What are commodities, and why are they so fundamental to the capitalist system?
This is the introductory article in our Capitalism 101 series which will cover The Commodity, Class, Private Property and Wage Labour, Race, Gender, Disability, The State, Crisis and Imperialism, and Socialism.