ABSTRACT
The modern theory of class struggle has its roots in the thinking of Karl Marx, who affirmed that the proletariat, for being dispossessed of the means of production, would be the main class capable of dissolving capitalism. According to Florestan Fernandes, the system of colonization in Latin America had different phases. Whereas in the US, class struggle cantered on industrial sectors linked to the automobile industry, in Latin America it was more diversified. Class struggles took different forms throughout Latin America and for a myriad of reasons. Although if the most qualified sectors of the working class, generating surplus value, can potentially be considered more relevant for class struggle, it is also important to note that class struggles also occurred in different social, political and cultural conjunctures. With regard to the North-South divide of the hemisphere, the US constitutes a decisive space for class struggle, being the country the heart of capitalism.
