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| {{Library work|title=How Marxism works|image=|author=Chris Harman|written in=1979|publisher=Bookmarks Publications|published_date=May, 1979|published_location=London, England|edition_date=July 1, 2000|type=Pamphlet|isbn=9781898876274|source=[https://sa.org.au/marxism_page/intros/Harman_hmw.pdf How Marxism Works PDF]|display_title=yes}}
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| {{Foreword|date=2023-10-07|foreword=Originally written in 1979, ''How Marxism Works'' is an incredibly important tool for the communist movement. Chris Harman was able to accurately convey the principles of [[Marxism]] to first-time readers. His pamphlet is still relevant today, with the majority of its examples from a recent enough period to resonate with present-day readers.
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| The strength of How Marxism Works lies in its beginner-friendliness: this book could be given out to someone who has never heard the word 'communism' before, and they would come out with a working knowledge of Marxism in record time.
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| However, Chris Harman was also in the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers' Party]], a [[Trotskyist]] party. As such, some of his examples are dyed in the colors of his bias against the [[Soviet Union]] -- opinions that have nothing to do with how Marxism works, and instead all to do with the author's own leaning towards Trotsykism.
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| This edition by ProleWiki is adapted from an earlier edition and contains our own chapter annotations as well as this foreword. We have also removed an annex that advertised books for sale as it was not part of the author's work. Links have also been provided to ProleWiki pages or library works when possible. Everything else has been left as in the source.}}
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| == Introduction ==
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| There is a widespread myth that Marxism is difficult. It is a myth propagated by the enemies of socialism – former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] leader [[Harold Wilson]] boasted that he was never able to get beyond the first page of Marx’s [[Library:Capital, vol. I|Capital]]. It is a myth also encouraged by a peculiar breed of academics who declare themselves to be ‘Marxists’: they deliberately cultivate obscure phrases and mystical expressions in order to give the impression that they possess a special knowledge denied to others.
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