Proletarian internationalism

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Proletarian internationalism is a Marxist social class theory concept that members of the working class should act in solidarity towards world revolution and support working people in other countries, rather than following their respective national governments. Proletarian internationalism is summed up in the slogan, Workers of all countries, unite!, the last line of The Communist Manifesto.

Early unionis learned that more members meant more power because by joining together the workers gained greater bargaining power. Thus taken to an international level, it would further increase the power of the "working class".

It is also a deterrant to war because people with a common interest are less likely to take up arms against one another.

According to Marxist theory the antonym of proletarian internationalism is bourgeois nationalism. However, George Orwell believed that "in all countries the poor are more national than the rich."[1]

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