How Karl Marx Understood Slavery
For Karl Marx, slavery was not a relic from a past society but essential to the development of modern capitalism – and its abolition was essential to the liberation of all people.
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Kevin B. Anderson is a sociologist and the author of Marx at the Margins.
For Karl Marx, slavery was not a relic from a past society but essential to the development of modern capitalism – and its abolition was essential to the liberation of all people.
Tory MPs are demanding that we desecrate Marx’s grave – but Marx was a consistent campaigner against slavery, and supported the efforts of British workers who organised to fight it.