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<p> Ellen Meiskins Wood analyses the extent to which capitalism can be separated into political (state) and economic (market) spheres. </p>

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<p class="artbody">The intention of Marxism is to provide a theoretical foundation for interpreting the world in order to change it. This is not an empty slogan. It has—or ought to have—a very precise meaning.</p>
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In this sense, the very differentiation of the ‘economic’ and the ‘political’ in capitalism—the symbiotic division of labour between class and state—is precisely what makes the unity of ‘economic’ and ‘political’ struggles essential. </div>
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