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1. 1. Wages, Price And Profit

   

   A concise polemic examining how wages, prices and profits are interrelated under capitalism: wages are governed by the value of labor‑power (the cost of subsistence and reproduction), while profits derive from surplus labor extracted by capital; attempts to increase profit by driving down wages only redistribute income and are mediated by price adjustments, so lasting improvement for workers cannot come from appeals to individual employers alone. The work defends trade union action as necessary for immediate defense of workers’ interests but argues that political organization and a change in property relations are required to abolish exploitation and secure an enduring rise in workers’ conditions.

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2. 2. Collected Works Volume 1, Marx

   

   A compact collection of the author’s early philosophical essays, notes and journalistic pieces that trace the shift from Hegelian critique to a materialist account of society; the writings explore themes of human alienation, critique religion and political economy, and set out the theoretical and political foundations — both analytic and polemical — that lead toward a systematic critique of capitalism and revolutionary practice.

3. 3. The German Ideology, Part 1 & Selections From Parts 2 & 3

   Part 1 & Selections From Parts 2 & 3

   

   A sustained critique of idealist philosophy that develops the materialist conception of history: material conditions, modes of production and division of labor determine social relations and ideas, and ruling-class interests shape dominant ideology. The text examines how private property and class divisions arise from specific economic structures, argues that philosophical abstractions obscure real social processes, and outlines how changes in productive forces transform political and legal institutions, while pointing toward the abolition of class-based domination and alienated labor through collective reorganization of production.

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4. 4. Wage Labour And Capital & Value, Price And Profit

   

   A clear, polemical analysis of the relationship between wage labor and capital that explains how workers sell their labor-power as a commodity, how wages are shaped by market forces and the cost of subsistence, and how capitalists appropriate the unpaid portion of workers’ labor as surplus value and profit. It critiques contemporary economic doctrines that treat wages as a fixed “fund,” shows profit to be a social result of unpaid labor rather than a reward for benign investment, and stresses the inherent antagonism between labor and capital. The pieces argue that understanding this exploitation is essential for workers’ organization and political struggle to improve conditions or abolish wage dependence.

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