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Ernest Mandel, born on April 5, 1923 in Germany and died on July 20, 1995 in France, was a prominent Marxist theorist, economist, and social activist in the 20th century.

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“There is a process of social and of political differentiation going on in the real working class all the time.”

Real Political Social Process Class Working Class Differentiation

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“On the contrary, history generally confirms that the more conscious and the better you are organized in vanguard organizations, the more constructively you operate in the mass organizations of the working class.”

Class Mass Conscious Organization Contrary Organized Working Class Vanguard

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“The more workers you have in your organization, the better you are implanted in the working class, the more likely you are to come up with the concrete problems of the class.”

Problem Class Organization Workers Come Up Concrete Working Class

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“The only conclusion you can draw from the real historical movement is that by and large, in day-to-day life, what Lenin called trade union consciousness dominates the working class. I would call it elementary class consciousness of the working class.”

Real Consciousness Class Movement Draws Trade Unions Historical Conclusion Day To Day Working Class Day Life Trade Unions Day To Day Life Class Consciousness

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

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Born: April 5, 1923
Died: July 20, 1995
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Quotes: 26

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Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essaysRelated source material

Marxist Economic Theory: Vol II,Related source material

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