In Marx's Communist Manifesto he states, "But every class struggle is a political struggle" (166). Not only does this bold statement sum up the importance of his first section, it also ties into what we are discussing in my History of Jamestown class. Yesterday we discussed Jamestown in 1610 under the martial law of Dale. My professor actually made a direct reference to Karl Marx when explaining the class structure and laws that were upheld. In William Strachey's, Laws Divine Moral and Martial, it is stated, "Everything that comes under the laws moral and politic is 'no less subject to the martial law'" (33). It didn't matter whether the crime was moral or political, all laws were subject to physical punishment. Some were even punishable by death. The formation of society and class structure became a political issue. People had a class identity, not a personal identity. Marx deals with the individual versus the group as well.