1818-2018 Bicentenary of Marx. Monde nouveau Interview with René Berthier.

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Interview with the syndicalist René Berthier about Karl Marx, the Communist League and the First International.

Submitted by Method of Freedom on April 30, 2021

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ZJW

2 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by ZJW on May 3, 2021

In 1875 a unification congress was held in Gotha between Lassalle's
ADAV party and that of Eisenach, which led to the drawing up of a
programme, the famous Gotha programme. In fact, it was a victory for
Lassalle's ideas, to the great fury of Marx. This congress even ended with
a song sung by the congress participants, the “Marseillaise of the
Workers”, which said among other things: “We are following the
audacious path traced out for us by Lassalle”, which must have made
Marx suffocate with rage.

Two different songs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Arbeiter-Marseillaise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker's_Marseillaise

Of course it's the first of these that Berthier means to refer to.

Reddebrek

2 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Reddebrek on May 6, 2021

They're both called the workers marseillaise. German worker was added later to distinguish between the two as the later Russian one grew more popular internationally.

Edit: just finished reading the interview, it was very good and covered some ground I haven't seen covered before despite spending well over a decade reading Marx and about Marx.

Elysard

2 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Elysard on November 19, 2021

I've just read your comment, a bit belatedly.
I would be very interested to know what ground my interview covered that you didn't know before. It would perhaps give me an insight into the different 'readings' of Marx in France and in the English-speaking world.

Elysard

2 years 4 months ago

In reply to by libcom.org

Submitted by Elysard on November 19, 2021

I've just read your comment, a bit belatedly.
I would be very interested to know what ground my interview covered that you didn't know before. It would perhaps give me an insight into the different 'readings' of Marx in France and in the English-speaking world.