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an interest and that men must act according to their interests.
Two questions must be asked: (1) To^-ard what ultinute ends do these
"interests" lead people? (2) What methods do the\' v^-ant to appK* in order
to reach these ends?
The First International v>-2s a smaD group of people, a committee of a
few men in London, friends and enemies of Kax\ Marx. Someone
suggested that they- cooperate uith the Bntish labor-union movrtnent. In
1 865, Karl Marx read at the meeong of the Intenutional Committee, a
paper. Value, Price, and Profit, one of his few untings ongmalK- written m
En^ish. In this paper, he pointed out that the methods of the union mo\r-
ment were verv- bad and must be changed. Paraphrasing: **The unions u-ant
to improve the fate of the \%x)rkers >%ithin the framework of the capitalist
system—this is hopeless and useless. Within the framework of the capitalist
system there is no possibilirv oi improving the state of the WTMkers. The
best the union could achiesr in this wa\ wtMild be some short-term
success. The unions must abandon this 'comcrvatnr* pobcy; the\' imnt
adopt the re\x>lutionarv' pt>lic> The\- must frghf for the jboliaon of the
NV'age socierv* as such and \%T)rk for the conung ol* socialism.** Marx didn't
have the courage to puNish chis paper during his litirtime. it w» puNtshed
only after his death b> one ot his daughters He didn't want to antagonue
the labor unions, he still had hopes the> s%\>uld abandon their theor>-
Here is an obvious conflict ol' optniocn among ifae prolctanam
ihcinsclves i oncerning the right meam to use The pnsletartan unions ai>d
Marx di\jgrced as ci» what wa* in the "inteirsc" ol' the pn>letaruns Marx
said that the "interrst" til a ilas% was i>b\-HHts—therr coukl be no doubt
ab*nic It—e\rrvt>iic \%\>uld krniw it Then hetr conies a nun who docsn^
l>cK>rig to this pmletarun class ai all. a v^Titrr and a Uwyrr who tdh
the unums thr> ssrrr wnmg "This is bad p«iIk>.** he said. **You imiU
Mdicallv ihangr \t>ur poluv" Heir the whole idea of the cIjm brraks
doNN t). the ulcj that an individual nu\ unnetifnes err but that a cLim js «
whole ».jn iicNTf err
C>ituiMii\ ot Marxun dtxtrines hasr alwa>n brcn super6cul. They
haven't {v>intcd t>ut h«ns Mars vontradicted himself and h