A. What is Marxism? an economic and social system founded by of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels B. Karl Marx After his move to France, Marx wrote his Economical and Philosophical Manuscripts This was where Marx also met his future partner for his Marxist movement, Friedrich Engels Advocated socialism C. Friedrich Engels Wrote about wage-slavery in Britain in a book called The Conditions do the Working Class in England (1844) D. The Communist Manifesto (1848) Meant to aggravate the working class into action Main points of the pamphlet/Marxism itself included Ø Class struggle is a central part to social change Ø Capitalism is not necessary Ø The industrial working class (aka the proletariat) would struggle against the bourgeoisie Ø Then a classless society would emerge; the idea would be called communism E. The later years Marx was forced to spend his entire life in exile after the revolution of 1848 Wrote about political economy; most famous, Das Kapital F. The First International Organization for working class interests and ideas Marx was the leader of its General Council The First International crumbled due to internal conflicts
A. What is Marxism?
an economic and social system founded by of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
B. Karl Marx
After his move to France, Marx wrote his Economical and Philosophical Manuscripts
This was where Marx also met his future partner for his Marxist movement, Friedrich Engels
Advocated socialism
C. Friedrich Engels
Wrote about wage-slavery in Britain in a book called The Conditions do the Working Class in England (1844)
D. The Communist Manifesto (1848)
Meant to aggravate the working class into action
Main points of the pamphlet/Marxism itself included
Ø Class struggle is a central part to social change
Ø Capitalism is not necessary
Ø The industrial working class (aka the proletariat) would struggle against the bourgeoisie
Ø Then a classless society would emerge; the idea would be called communism
E. The later years
Marx was forced to spend his entire life in exile after the revolution of 1848
Wrote about political economy; most famous, Das Kapital
F. The First International
Organization for working class interests and ideas
Marx was the leader of its General Council
The First International crumbled due to internal conflicts
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