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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Book review: Kevin Anderson, Marx at the margins - John Garvey

John Garvey's review of Anderson's 2010 book, Marx at the Margins: On Nationalism, Ethnicity, and…

Warlaam Tcherkesoff

Pages of Socialist History: Teachings and Acts of Social Democracy - Warlaam Tcherkesoff

In this book published in 1902, anarchist-communist Warlaam Tcherkesoff, a fervent…

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Revolution retrieved: writings on Marx, Keynes, capitalist crisis and new social subjects - Antonio Negri

A selection of Negri's articles written between 1967 and 1983. First published in…

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Marx beyond Marx: lessons on the Grundrisse - Antonio Negri

Negri explores Marx's Grundrisse in an attempt to go beyond Orthodox Marxist theory.

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Karl Marx - Karl Korsch

Part of the series of biographies of Karl Marx. Left communist Karl Korsch's detailed biography of Karl Marx.

Bakunin & Marx

The Bakunin-Marx split in the 1st International - Franz Mehring

Excerpts from Mehring's Karl Marx - The Story of His Life (1918) on the conflict between Bakunin and…

Marx and Bakunin

Marx, Bakunin, and the question of authoritarianism - David Adam

David Adam casts doubt on the traditional narrative regarding the question of authoritarianism in…

Karl Marx and the state

David Adam addresses Marx’s concept of a socialist society in relation to various concepts of the state.

Capital - Karl Marx

The complete text online of Marx's Magnum Opus, Capital: a critique of political economy, a devastating critical analysis of capitalism.

Chapter 1 of the first edition of Capital: The Commodity - Karl Marx

Translation of The Commodity the original chapter 1 of the first edition of Das Kapital.

Misunderstanding Marx from the Beginning: Notes on the Three Peculiarities of the Equivalent Form in Vol. 1 of Capital

(In memory of Cyril Smith, whose translation correction led to a close reading and consideration of this material.)

"Marx's Concept of Intrinsic Value" by Andrew Kliman

This essay delves into the often misunderstood topic of Marx's distinction between value and exchange-value. From Historical Materialism 6, Summer 2000.