This text was written by Marx and published in 1865. Much like Wage Labour and Capital, the text overlaps with parts of Capital. You can read the text here.
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That’s why I thought it was odd that he did not talk about capitalism and its relationship to colonialism. Since Marx stated in his letters to Engels that the English working class would never achieve liberation without decoupling itself from Irish exploitation.
This text along “wage labour and capital” were written as agitprop pieces so its ok that it doesnt have as much depth.