Labor Aristocracy and Union Bureaucracy
Written by Carlos Petroni (León Pérez) and adopted as a Resolution of International Left, May 2012 THE BARRIER BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND COUNTERREVOLUTION WHAT IS THE WORKING-CLASS ARISTOCRACY? WHAT IS THE LABOR BUREAUCRACY? WHY DO THEY EXIST? To address the debate over whether a sector of the working class (the labor aristocracy) benefits from the surplus value extracted from the countries oppressed and exploited by imperialism,