Some of the most popular approaches to understanding history are the least convincing. Most people still learn that history ...

In his new biography of Karl Marx, Bruno Leipold puts his subject in historical context. Marx, he tells Jacobin, was engaged in a political struggle against utopian communists and republicans ...

There is an idea that could be referred to as 'eco-socialism,' which places importance ... accessible only for the wealthy," he says. Karl Marx coined the term "commons" for things essential ...

A socialist movement requires ideas that not only defend socialism but also show how capitalism works and why it is harmful to the majority. Many of these ideas are present in The Communist Manifesto ...

Karl Marx was a philosopher and revolutionary who, with Friedrich Engels, wrote "The Communist Manifesto," a pamphlet that provided a platform for the European socialist and communist parties ...

Whether used a classroom resource or as a standalone book, Socialism at a Glance delivers a fact-based assessment of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ utopian vision that will provide readers with a ...

I propose in this chapter to examine Marx's notion of the transition to socialism, particularly his concept of the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’, to answer what is perhaps the most fundamental ...

Socialism? In America? Would Karl Marx recognize a rising up of workers to control the means of production in something more radical than an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan)? This primer looks ...

Discovering Chemnitz's diversity In 2025, Chemnitz and the surrounding communities will co-hold the title of European ...

The philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the Nineteenth Century. Although he was largely ...

Partnered with Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels is acknowledged as the co-founder of communism, a revolutionary thinker in his own right who wrote on a wide range of topics, from economics to history ...