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#Communism & Marx

Notes on chapter one of Marx’s Capital, Part One

April 11, 2011October 19, 2018

The following is the first part of some notes on chapter one of Capital. The second part will follow in the upcoming months. *********** The Dual Character of the Commodity is the Dual Character of Labor Marx begins chapter one of Capital by describing the dual character of the commodity. One side of the commodity

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