Class and Class Struggle - Communist Party of Britain

Reading

Britain’s Road to Socialism Part 1 ‘The development of Capitalism and Imperialism’. The full paper copy of the BRS can be purchased from the CP Shop for £3. All purchases of the BRS in book format also receive a digital copy.
Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto, Chapter 1
‘Class Struggle/Class Prejudice’ in Full Marx: Revolution and Ruling Class:
Rob Griffiths, ‘Introducing Marxism’ – Class 3 – “Capitalist Exploitation & Crisis” The full paper copy of the Introducing Marxism can be purchased from the CP Shop for £3. All purchases of the Introducing Marxism in book format also receive a digital copy.

Is it true that society today is divided into two great hostile camps? Have occupations“previously held in reverent awe” been proletarianised? How do we analyse increasing levelsof “self-employment”?
How is BRS definition of “intermediate strata” different from subjective notions of a “middleclass”?
Is the level of trade union organisation a good measure of class consciousness? How do communists work to raise the level of consciousness to revolutionary political consciousness, using workers own experience and that of others?

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