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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The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays - E.P. Thompson

Collection of essays by English Marxist historian E.P. Thompson, including his popular polemic…

Marx, his daughters & Engels.

Marx and Engels and Racialism – W. O. Henderson

In disputes with anarchists Marxists have often been quick to refer to Bakunin’s (and occasionally, Proudhon’s) anti-Semitism to try to dismiss…

The Civil War in the United States - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

A republished version of the 1937 International Publishers book The Civil War in the United States,…

Karl Marx by Rolf Hosfeld

Biographies of Karl Marx - reading guide

Gallery for https://libcom.org/library/biographies-karl-marx-reading-guide

Cafiero and Marx: "Capital" in a Nutshell?

Review: Compendium of Karl Marx’s Capital by Carlo Cafiero. Published by the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG).

Abraham Guillén

Abraham Guillén, Between Bakunin and Marx: Anarchism, Socialism, and the Economics of Self-Management

An introduction to the life and ideas of Abraham Guillén by Tommy Lawson of Red…

Crises (Theories of Surplus Value) - Karl Marx

Section from Robert C. Tucker's Marx-Engels Reader entitled "Crisis Theory", taken from Marx's Theories of Surplus Value manuscripts, in which…

Two reviews of Antonio Negri's Marx Beyond Marx

Midnight Notes review Antonio Negri's book "Marx beyond Marx", which concerns Karl Marx's Grundrisse. These two reviews are wittily (and…

August Bebel, Karl Marx, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Carl Wilhelm Töl Ferdinand Lassalle

Top 10 Marxists (non-Leninist)

Top 10 Marxists (non-Leninist) in terms of influence on Marxism through history. Adapted from https://acatheunderground.wordpress.com/guide-to…

A History of Economic Thought - Isaac llych Rubin

An important work, which situates Marx's economic thought in relation to the economic theories which predate him - from mercantilism to John…

Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital' - Andrew Kliman

Book by American Marxist-Humanist Andrew Kliman seeking to refute claims of internal inconsistency in the three volumes of Capital.

Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy