Proletariat

The working class whose members sell their labour to employers because they do not own the means of production.

In Marx’s theory, the working class that must sell its labour to owners of the means of production.

The proletariat do not own sufficient productive resources to support themselves, so they must sell their labour to employers. These are relational categories: one class employs and profits from the labour of the other.

The working class whose members sell their labour to employers.

Link class conflict to education: explain whose interests schooling is said to serve, rather than only defining the bourgeoisie and proletariat.

In Marx’s theory, the working class that does not own the means of production and must sell its labour to earn a living.

The working class who depend on selling their labour for wages rather than owning the means of production.

Marx called the owning class the bourgeoisie and the working class the proletariat.

The working class whose members sell their labour to employers for wages.

The working class in Marxist theory, who depend on selling their labour for wages because they do not own the means of production.

In Marxist theory, the working class whose members sell their labour to employers.

In Marxist theory, the working class who must sell their labour for wages because they do not own productive resources.

In Marxist theory, the working class who must sell their labour for wages because they do not own the means of production.

The working class, whose members sell their labour for wages.

The working class who sell their labour to employers for wages.

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