<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875143017-18102005>Surely,the divisions
within the working class were evident to Marx and Engels in their day,
evident and important. The divisions between English workers and Irish
workers were important, as were other national divisions. Thus, the slogan
"Workers of all countries, unite !" By the prominence of the slogan one
can infer that overcoming these divisions was the number one thing on the
Marxist program. Marx also said with respect to the U.S. specifically
that labor in white skin will not be free while labor in black skin is
branded.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875143017-18102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875143017-18102005>Similarly, today, we
know there are divisions in the U.S. working class based on race, nationality,
immigration status, geographic location, income level, and much
more. Worldwide, the primitive accumulation of capital is based on
segemented labor as there was both wage-labor and slave labor at
the rosy dawn of capitalist production in the 13 and 14O0's. The
division of the working class has always been integral to capitalism, and
necessary to its perpetuation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875143017-18102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875143017-18102005> Marxists
presume that _objectively_ these divided sectors of the working class have
ultimate interests more in common with each other than they do with
any sectors of the ruling class, despite subjective divisions fostered by the
ruling class to divide and rule. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875143017-18102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875143017-18102005>The heart of class
consciousness is understanding the need for class unity vis-a-vis the class
enemy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875143017-18102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=875143017-18102005>Charles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>