In a capitalist world, even a radical publishing house devoted to the works of socialist thinkers has to make money to survive. That’s the argument being used by Lawrence & Wishart, a London-based ...

We all know Karl Marx as the bushy beard, as “Das Kapital,” as the “ism,” as “The Communist Manifesto…” But, thanks to a new film, we’ll soon get to know Karl Marx the man, or, at least, a hilariously ...

Marx, Engels and Luxemburg were all keen to return to the egalitarian relations of primitive communism, at a higher level. But how does the egalitarianism of early human societies connect up with ...

First published in 1995 in France: Section One, “The Historical Balance Sheet” includes chapters on: communist movements throughout history; Marx and Engels and communism; “Real” vs. “Formal” ...

"PHILOSOPHERS HAVE only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it." So wrote Karl Marx in his Theses on Feuerbach when he had reached the ripe-old-age of 27. Yet Marx and his ...

Industrialist's son and revolutionary thinker: Friedrich Engels, who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, was born 200 years ago in Wuppertal. A day of celebrations and protests. Friedrich ...

FRIEDRICH EXCELS—Gustav Mayer— Knopf ($3.50). The two famed dead men of whom present-day Germany is least proud are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Though in Naziland their names are a byword and a ...

Discover Friedrich Engels' role in shaping modern communism with Karl Marx, his influential works like The Communist ...