Interwar capitalist powers succeeded against labor even where they failed among themselves

Evidence

Th e conferences succeeded in establishing an agenda to solidify the faltering pillars of capitalism. While the capitalist powers may have failed in their horizontal relationship— establishing a system of power with one another— they most certainly achieved success in their vertical relationship— to labor, that is, in subjugating it. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 671

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Working-class defeats were contingent, not intrinsic to capitalism’s logic — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 615; Interwar conferences succeeded by subjugating labor, not by coordinating among states; Fascism followed the defeat of workers, not ruling-class desperation — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 86

Broader Connections

• Interwar conferences succeeded by subjugating labor, not by coordinating among states #expands (0.82)
• Working-class defeats were contingent, not intrinsic to capitalism’s logic #qualifies (0.80) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 615
• Fascism followed the defeat of workers, not ruling-class desperation #exemplifies (0.78) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 86