Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Hal Draper knows better than Marx

 In the first chapter of his Class Struggles in France, Marx mentioned that in the course of the revolution in France, “there appeared the bold slogan of revolutionary struggle: Overthrow of the bourgeoisie! Dictatorship of the working class!” 

Since there is absolutely no record that “dictatorship of the proletariat” appeared as a slogan at all, I suggest that Marx is not saying here that it appeared; he is only placing it in apposition with the slogan that did appear, the first-mentioned slogan, namely “Overthrow of the bourgeoisie!” In effect he is explaining what the first-mentioned slogan meant. 

https://libcom.org/article/dictatorship-proletariat-marx-and-engels-hal-draper

I suggest Hal Draper is a Bull Goose Loony communist all comrades might emulate.  Especially class struggle anarchists.

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