...some details become antiquated. One thing especially was proved by the (Paris) Commune, viz. that ' the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made...State machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.' " WE have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the working-class, is to raise the proletariate...

...some details become antiquated. One thing especially was proved by the (Paris) Commune, viz. that ' the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made State machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.1" WE have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the working-class, is to raise...

...details become antiquated. One thing especially was proved by the Commune, viz., that "the working-class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made State machinery, and wield it for its own purposes." (See "The Civil War in France; Address of the General Council of the International Working-men's Association,"...

...said in substantiation of Marx's position: "One thing especially was proved by the commune, viz., that 'the working class cannot simply lay hold •of the...state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.' " Hypothetically, the social revolution may come at one sweep. But in the discussion of tactics, the...

...some details become antiquated. One thing especially was proved by the (Paris) Commune, viz. that ' the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made...State machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.'" WE have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the working-class, is to raise the proletariate...

...experience. The preface to the Communist Manifesto admitted that the Paris commune had taught them that " the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made...state machinery and wield it for its own purposes." 3 There is no doubt whatever that the revolutionary element in 1 Marx, A Contribution to the Critique...

...the joint preface in 1872. The example of the Paris Commune was disheartening. It demonstrated that " the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made...state machinery and wield it for its own purposes." 5 These, then, were the principles of the international movement of which the " Manifesto " was the...

...political activity with a view of capturing the State power and perpetuating political government. "The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made...State machinery and wield it for its own purposes." — (Marx, The Civil War in France). Political government implies the government jof man by man. In...

...details become antiquated. One thing especially was proved by the Commune, viz., that 'the working-class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made State machinery, and wield it for its own purposes.' (See 'The Civil War in France ; Address of the General Council of the International Working-men's Association,'...

...requirements as determined by the prevailing revolutionary tasks, and as projected by the Paris Commune.1 >The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own pui poses. . . The Commune was formed of the various municipal councillors, chosen by universal suffrage...