Capital #16 - Primitive Accumulation (ch. 26-33)

This time we learn how the enclosure of the commons, the centralisation of the land and the privatisation of the product of agricultural production coerces us through threat of death to join the new industrial proletariat and how 'primitive accumulation' brings about colonialism, which in turn brings about imperialism. Join us for our final episode on Karl Marx's 'Capital - Volume I' where we discuss all of 'Section 8 - So Called Primitive Accumulation', containing: 'Chapter 26 - The Secret History of Primitive Accumulation', 'Chapter 27 - The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land', 'Chapter 28 - Bloody Legislation against the Expropriated since the End of the Fifteenth Century. The Forcing Down of Wages by Act of Parliament', Chapter 29 - The Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer', 'Chapter 30 - Impact of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. The Creation of a Home Market for Industrial Capital', 'Chapter 31 - The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist', 'Chapter 32 - The Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation' and 'Chapter 33 - The Modern Theory of Colonization'. Follow us on Twitter at @prolesbookclub and feel free to message us if you need links to companion resources or have any questions. If you'd like to join the book club, you can chip in a dollar to join our parent podcast's discord server. Proles of the Round Table: https://www.patreon.com/prolespod Our comrades are making brilliant communist content, check out www.prolespod.com/ussp for more podcasts. Thanks to @NunezKeenan for the intro theme; you can find more of their work here: http://tiny.cc/keenan Thanks to the Craig bot for helping us to record via Discord! Outro Music: 'Die Internationale - Hannes Wader'.