The Junius Pamphlet

"In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other. Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventive of foreign invasions. On the brink of modern times are the examples of the Italian cities, Florence and Milan, with their century of bitter struggle against the Hohenstaufen. The stormy history of these cities, torn by inner conflicts, proves that the force and the fury of inner class struggles not only does not weaken the defensive powers of the community, but that, on the contrary, from their fires shoot the only flames that are strong enough to withstand every attack from a foreign foe." (luxemburg Chapter 7)

      What this means is that although people may think that invasion and class struggle are opposites they are not. They actually go hand-in-hand with each other. The battle over class struggle in a community actually strengthens that community against foreign enemies, such that, they build up an alliance towards their enemies. Inner conflicts may tear that community apart, but in the end they will suffice in order to protect their community as a whole. The regard as to power and wealth will seize in order to protect their land.

     I chose this passage because it had intrigued me. Usually in a capitalist community the weak and poor are the ones who are always taken advantage of and undermined, but this passage states that even though they may have feuds, it is those feuds that internally strengthen both parties so that they can rise up and defend against foreign foes. The struggle of class will prevail and prevent invasion just as invasion seems to be the power of the capital against the class struggle.