Mode of production
Modes of production are determined by the sum total of the productive relationships (see relations of production) that exist in any society. Capitalism, feudalism, socialism, and so on are all […]
Tag: political economy
Pan-Africanism
This is the political project of creating solidarity and revolutionary action between all African communities across the entire diasporic population. It is one way in which global anti-Blackness can be […]
Petit-bourgeoisie
The class which is defined by ownership of the means of production that must work to maintain itself.
Private property
The economic relation whereby productive tools, land, and so forth (the “means of production”) are exclusively owned and controlled by individuals. The private property regime as constituted contemplates that individuals […]
Productive forces
The forces of production are the instruments of production, the people who operate those instruments and carry on the production of material values through experience and labor skill.
Proletariat
The class that is defined by lack of ownership of means of production that must work to sustain itself.
Rate of profit
(see also, tendency of the rate of profit to fall) This is the general rate at which capital investment makes returns. The general rate of profit is an abstraction […]
Reproductive labor time
The amount of time that each worker must work in order to reproduce their own class position. The working day is divided between reproductive time and surplus value. The necessary […]
Revolutionary masses
The proletariat and lower sections of the petit-bourgeoisie when taken together en masse. The revolution springs from the revolutionary masses.
Security forces
This term generally refers to the police, intelligence services (in the case of the United States this would be the F.B.I., C.I.A., N.S.A., the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence […]
Socialist construction
This is the period during which the material basis for socialism is being laid down. Productive relations are being changed, social formations are being altered, and, in the periphery, productive […]
Solidarity
Solidarity is giving support to a stranger on their own terms. It is different from philanthropy because it is given on the stranger’s terms, not that of the giver. […]