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This chapter provides a brief overview of the research that inspired Marxism and Migration. The analysis situates the collection within various Marxian traditions and lays out the material conditions that coalesce into displacement, movement, and mobility. The chapter provides both a rationale for the collection and a foundation for thinking through the realities of struggle.
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Notes
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Stories from migrant women detailing sexual and organized violence that we heard in our research were presented in a dance project called No Woman’s Land. For more information, see https://www.jaberidt.com/portfolio_page/nowomansland/.
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See Whitehead (2016) for a discussion on primary and primitive accumulation.
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Ritchie, G., Carpenter, S., Mojab, S. (2022). As Migrants Move: (Re)formation of Class and Class Struggle. In: Ritchie, G., Carpenter, S., Mojab, S. (eds) Marxism and Migration. Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98839-5_1
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