

Part Six (Chs 19-22): Wages
Hello again! Today we are covering four brief chapters on the topic of wages. One fundamental theme of this book, of Marx's social...


Part Five (Chs 16-18): The production of absolute and relative surplus-value
Hello again! Well, our little group is excited now because the end is coming into view after many months, so stick with us! We've just...


Chapter 15: Machinery and Large-Scale Industry
Dear reader, The lengthy chapters 14 and 15 are taking us on an historical journey, showing us the nature of the development of the...


Chapter 14: The Division of Labour and Manufacture
Welcome once again, dear readers! To recall, in the last blog, we covered Chapters 12 and 13 and were introduced to the crucial concept...


Chapters 12-13: Relative Surplus Value and Co-operation
Congrats, all! We've made it to Part Four! Wow! It's probably worth a very mini recap of our journey so far at this stage. So, very...


Chapter 10: The Working Day
Well hello there, dear readers! It’s been a while! That long university winter break. But, we the Bristol Marx reading group are back and...


La Conquête du Pain
The bakery of revolution! The co-production and the fair distribution of economic value~! Karl Marx Sandwich, Louise Michel, free coffee...


"We are not machines! Enforce the labour code!"
[The workers at the Seoul Pyunghwa (Peace) Market in 1960s] Hi all, Regarding Chapter 10, I am sharing a Korean movie (A Single Spark...


Chapters 7-9: Labour-power, constant and variable capital, and the rate of surplus-value
Hello dear friends, We're getting into things properly now in Marx's analysis of the capitalist mode of production! To recap, at the end...


Chapters 4-6: The Transformation of Money into Capital
Before our meeting to discuss Chapters 4-6 on Friday afternoon, I met Dulce Rodriguez, one of my co-readers outside our meeting room. She...



















