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 during ...

As an influence on social change, the gospel according to Marx has few rivals. In his economic works, Marx predicted that capitalism would inevitably collapse; and in “The Communist Manifesto,” he ...

Europe had never seen anything like the Revolutions of 1848. Beginning in January of that year, a wave of uprisings (nearly 50 in all) convulsed the continent, creating instability from Paris to ...

The young cigar maker in New York City attended a few socialist meetings in the 1870s. But he longed to hear “constructive” ideas about how to achieve a better life for himself and his fellow workers.