The thesis examines how the internet and the computer technologies associated with it affect a Marxist reading of late capitalism, specifically on the issue of cultural commodities. The paper begins by situating Marxism in relation to present-day multinational capitalism, tracing its evolution, the changing trajectory of a Marxist critique, and the growing unity of economics and culture. The next chapter analyzes the internet's role as an area of opposition and contestation, a position it occupies thanks to its lack of teleology and potential as a mechanism of reverse discourse. I discuss the long tradition of montage techniques used as tools to reinterpret and resignify mass culture for contrary political purposes, and look at how the digitalization of these techniques, marketed to the home consumer and coupled with the distributive power of the internet, has the potential to open an uncommodified, oppositional artistic space. Part four looks at the other side of contested use-the possible ramifications of submission to the intents of the culture industry. If the advertised uses of technology are simply accepted, then a complete commodification of leisure time could be the result. Finally, the thesis concludes by looking towards the future, where the potential for an oppositional avant-garde on a mass, internet-mediated scale could lead to a major shift in the cultural/economic structure of late capitalism.