Karl Marx

Marx, Karl

Articles by and about Karl Marx, pioneering socialist thinker.

Karl Marx - further reading guide

Libcom's guide to reading Marx by subject.

A. Communist critique
Wage-Labor and Capital
Value, Price, and Profit
Capital, Vol. 1-3
A Critique of Political Economy
The Poverty of Philosophy
Grundrisse
Capital, Vol. 4 (Theories of Surplus Value)
1844 Manuscripts

B. Critique of the State
Critique of the Gotha Program
Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right

Bauer, Marx and religion - David McLellan

McClellan discusses 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.

The 1872 German Edition

The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels

The Manifesto of the Communist Party Communist Manifesto was commissioned by the Communist League and published in 1848, and remains one of the world's most influential political tracts.

While we do not agree with all of it we reproduce it for reference, and readers should bear in mind that it was commissioned propaganda for the League.

Introduction

The Fetish Speaks! - Marx and Perlman

Marx spoke of the commodity - now the commodity speaks of Marx (and itself). PDF of illustrated quotations from 'Capital'.

First printed in Black & Red No. 5 January 1969. Reprinted as a fold-out concertina leaflet by Black & Red, Detroit, 1973.

Notes on Bakunin's book 'Statehood and Anarchy' - Karl Marx

Marx responds to Bakunin's criticisms of Marx and Marxism. Marx's comments were written at the end of 1874 as he read Bakunin's book as part of his efforts to learn Russian and to study Russian society.

From Volume 24 of 'Marx & Engels - Collected Works'; Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1989.

The philosophical roots of the Marx-Bakunin conflict - Ann Robertson

Article about political differences between Bakunin and Marx, which correlated to the anarchist-Marxist split in the First International.

The author is biased in favour of Marx's views, but fails to give credit for Bakunin's influence on Marx (such as forcing him to clarify his views on the state) or those instances where Bakunin had more insight than Marx (such as on the evolution and counter-revolutionary nature of Social Democracy).

The Fetish Speaks!

Marx spoke of the commodity - now the commodity speaks of Marx... Quotes from Marx's Capital are given an unusual setting.

Conspectus of Bakunin's Statism and Anarchy - Karl Marx

Conspectus of Bakunin's Statism and Anarchy[Extract]