of the middle class, which exists thereafter, among
whom a distressful condition exists-are more closer
to proletarian class. They are to be taken as allies to
the struggle of the proletariat.
(b) In the present time in imperialist countries and
even in industrially under-developed countries, ‘the
labour aristocracy’ had grown with intensity. They are
the creation of industrial employers. Lenin has seen
the Labour-Aristocracy at certain stage as “Labourlieutenants” of the bourgeois class. At present, it has
taken more strong intensified position. The Trade
Unions of the ruling party and the parties which are
strongly tagged to parliamentary politics are their main
political prop. They are now the agent of collective
bargaining with respect to the demands of workers;
they have arrived in alternative position of the
administration of the employers as the governor’ of
the workers, Marx and Engels have not seen the
labour aristocracy; they have seen the opportunism
of Social Democracy in its primary position. This Social
Democracy is the strength giver of labour aristocracy.
Modern Revisionism in the present age is the pillar of
labour aristocracy. At present it has become specially
necessary to ‘corner’ the labour aristocracy in new
working class movement with the angle of vision of
proletarian revolution.
(c) In post 2nd World-War period, in the colonies
where transference of state power has occurred as a
result compromise deal with Imperialism, due to
economic policy of the new ruling group, the control
of rich peasantry has grown in agricultural economy;
and in their agricultural production system the
‘peasants’ have been converted to “land labour”.
These land labourers landless and poor peasantry
are the rural distressed masses, and they are to be
taken as extremely close ally to proletariat in
revolutionary movement; The rich peasantry would
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