The right to be lazy - Paul Lafargue

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Paul Lafargue argues for the working class's right to be lazy, and why productivity is the bosses' problem, not ours...

Written: Saint Pélagie Prison, 1883
Source: The Right To Be Lazy and Other Studies
Translated: Charles Kerr
First Published: Charles Kerr and Co., Co-operative, 1883
Online Version: Lafargue Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2000
Transcription/Markup: Sally Ryan

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