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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Marx on the piss; a London pub crawl with Karl Marx in the late 1850s - Wilhelm Liebknecht

An account by Liebknecht of a smashing drunken evening in London town, written some…

Robert Stern's Commentary and Synopsis of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit

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Money and Crisis: Marx as Correspondent of the New York Daily Tribune, 1856-57 - Sergio Bologna

Sergio Bologna on Marx's writings on capitalism and crisis in the world recession…

Back to the future - The continuing relevance of Marx - Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber

Article by Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber discussing the ongoing relevance of…

Karl Marx and the Iroquois - Franklin Rosemont

Franklin Rosemont delves into Marx's Ethnological Notebooks and examines their significance and relevance towards today's communist movement.

Introduction to Marx's early writings - Lucio Colletti

The late Lucio Colletti discusses the content of Marx's early writings and how their late emergence…

Stirner, Feurbach, Marx and the Young Hegelians - David McLellan

A summary of Stirner's ideas and their strong impact on his fellow Young Hegelians. McLellan asserts…

Marx, theoretician of anarchism - Maximilien Rubel

Maximilien Rubel's 1973 article highlighting the libertarian elements within Marx's work and its importance to anarchism, regardless of Marx's…

Karl Marx - further reading guide

Libcom's guide to reading Marx by subject.

Bruno Bauer

Bauer, Marx and religion - David McLellan

McLellan discusses Bruno Bauer's critique of religion and its enduring influence on the young Marx.

Prefaces to the Communist Manifesto

Prefaces to different editions of the Communist Manifesto. While often ignored, the 1872 preface is notable in that it explicitly revises Marx and Engel's position on a state-led transition to socialism following the 1871 Paris Commune. The 1882 preface to the Russian Edition is also notable due to its emphasis on the potential for the Russian Obschina to be the basis for communism (i.e. without a transition from…

The communist manifesto - Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

The Manifesto of the Communist Party Communist Manifesto was commissioned by the Communist League…