Karl Marx

Content by and about Karl Marx (1818-1883), a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, and communist. He is best known for his theories about capitalism, and for co-authoring The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels.

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Jean Holzen, Erinnerungskarte mit den Mitgliedern der sozialdemokratischen Reichstagsfraktion, 1890.

The German Social Democratic Party 1890-1914 as a Political Model - J. P. Nettl

J. P. Nettl (1926–1968) is best known for his classic 1966 two-volume biography of Rosa Luxemburg…

Cornelis G. Leenheer, Internationaal Socialistisch Congres, August 1904. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, OSIM00008005484.

The Second International: A Reexamination - Andrew Arato

This project heavily draws on a joint project with Jean Cohen during the summer of 1972. Transcribed…

Marx: A nineteenth Century thinker?

Capitalist Crisis Studies poster

A two sided wall poster on the continuing relevance of Karl Marx's analysis. Published in California by Capitalist Crisis Studies in September…

Paris 1848

Conspectus of the Social Revolution

Preface In my last analysis of the social revolution, I was an immature marxist, my analyses were half measures of the materialist method of marx…

Karl Marx 1879 letter to Guesde

A newly unearthed letter from Marx taking about the political party. English translation from leftcom.org.

Who was Karl Marx? In his own words - Anonymous

From Insurgent Notes #22, September 2020.

Book review: Mary Gabriel’s "Love and Capital"

An extensive review of Mary Gabriel’s "Love and Capital" and some thoughts prompted by the review. By John Garvey, from Insurgent Notes #6.

Table for the transitionary stage

Marx was not a “statist”

There is a very common assumption, propagated all over the political spectrum, both by Marxists and anti-Marxists, that for Marx, socialism is…

A Critique of Philosophical Prejudices against Communal Ownership - Nikolai Chernyshevsky

Extracts from Chernyshevsky's 1858 article criticizing the contemporary views on…

Letter from the Executive Committee of the People's Will to Karl Marx

A letter, written around 1880, to Karl Marx from the Executive Committee of the Russian Social…

Förbundet Arbetarmakt

Marx, Trotsky and the Party

Text by the Swedish Council Communist Förbundet Arbetarmakt on the question of party and revolutionary organization. Originally published in …

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Marx and Mathematics - Annette Vogt

“Engels knew nothing, Marx at least knew a little bit” The historian of science Annette Vogt explains how and why the founders of scientific…