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.
Tag: political economy
Money
Both a social relation and the universal commodity which is exchangeable for all other commodities. As a social relation, money is the
Nation
Nation is a political-economic category. A nation is a historically constituted, stable community that is formed on the basis of: a
Pan-Africanism
This is the political project of creating solidarity and revolutionary action between all African communities across the entire diasporic population. It is
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
Productive forces
The forces of production are the instruments of production, the people who operate those instruments and carry on the production of material
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.
Reaction
This term refers to both the class-forces and individuals that represent or desire a return to a prior time or period. Reactionaries
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
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.,
Socialist construction
This is the period during which the material basis for socialism is being laid down. Productive relations are being changed, social formations
Solidarity
Solidarity is giving support to a stranger on their own terms. It is different from philanthropy because it is given on the
Stagism
The theory, a chief proponent of which was Georgi Plekhanov, the Menshevik, which posits that societies must go through varying stages of
State
(see also, class dictatorship) The “public power” which no longer directly coincides with the population organizing itself. This public power becomes