Capital and May Day

Capital by Karl Marx Chapter 10 is on the history of working class struggle for a SHORTER WORK DAY in England . Capitalists make absolute surplus value by lengthening the work day. MAY DAY /Haymarket protest DEMANDS WERE FOR SHORTER WORKDAY

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Contents Section 1 - The Limits of the Working-Day Section 2 - The Greed for Surplus-Labour. Manufacturer and Boyard Section 3 - Branches of English Industry without Legal Limits to Exploitation Section 4 - Day and Night Work. The Relay System Section 5 - The Struggle for a Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Laws for the Extension of the Working-Day from the Middle of the 14th to the End of the 17th Century Section 6 - The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Limitation by Law of the Working-Time. The English Factory Acts, 1833 to 1864 Section 7 - The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Reaction of the English Factory Acts on Other Countries