Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-434).
Historical overview -- Contra "Post-Marxist" critique of Marxist class analysis -- The clas struggle is here to stay -- The retreat from race and class -- Capital, labour, state & class struggle -- Understanding class analysis : a Marxist approach -- Marxist theory and capitalist class structures -- Marxism and contemporary capitalism -- Class struggles against capitalist imperialism -- Class struggles in the era of imaginary capitalism and imaginary democracy -- The myth of passivity : Occupy movement and riots -- Imperialist world order : protests against misery for profits -- Theoretical reprise, conclusion and music of the future