The Tragic End of Karl Marx: Death of Beloved Wife and Health Decline But his revolutionary struggle and the death of his children had made him weak. He couldn’t sleep without sleeping pills. Smoking and drinking also destroyed his health. Then 2 tragedies took place that deprived him of his life. First of all his … Read more
The Struggle for Survival: Karl Marx’s Life in Poverty Once his son was ill. He needed a doctor and medicines, but Karl Marx had no money. Marx walked through rain and cold and mortgaged his coat to a pawnbroker and got some money. Marx did not spend the money on his son’s treatment. He printed … Read more
Marx’s Last Stand: The Bold and Defiant Final Issue of His Newspaper On May 19, 1845, his paper published its last issue. This was printed with red ink instead of black ink. On its front page was a poem whose opening verses were such that I was not killed openly in open war. Rather, I … Read more
Karl Marx’s Cologne Newspaper Advocated Revolution without Criticizing the Government Marx moved to Cologne, Germany, with his new charter. Here he published the newspaper, Neue Zeitung. The paper did not preach a socialist republic or a workers’ state. This newspaper advocated equal voting rights for all German citizens, direct elections, and the abolition of feudal … Read more
Karl Marx’s Desperate Desire to Bring Revolution to Germany during the 1848 Revolutions On January 1848, a rebellion erupted on the Italian island of Sicily that engulfed the whole of Europe. Next month, French King Louis Philippe I was overthrown and a people’s government replaced him. Demonstrations for democratic reforms began in other countries including … Read more
The Formation of the Communist League Karl Marx also wrote that a worker had no country. If you search nationality of Karl Marx on Wikipedia or any other website, he is written stateless after 1844. In 1847, while Karl Marx was still in Belgium, a secret society of German immigrants met in Britain. This secret … Read more
Understanding Karl Marx’s Views on Revolution and Change in Society Karl Marx wrote that religion was like opium that showed people sweet dreams. Marx understood that change was not possible until the workers overthrew the capitalists. He thought that war and bloodshed were necessary for change. Why did he think so? Marx borrowed this idea … Read more
Understanding the Foundation of Capitalism Capitalism has a simple foundation. Whatever wealth a person has more than his personal use is capital. He can invest this capital whenever and however he wants. Then he will reinvest the profit and this process will never end. There is no natural limit to the assets, product sales, and … Read more
Marx’s Journey to Communism: From Engels’ Articles to Developing a New System Karl Marx was impressed by Engels’s writings. That’s why he published Engels’s article in his Paris magazine. In this article, Engels criticized the capitalist economic system, in the light of scientific socialism. Inspired by this article, Karl Marx also decided to study economics. … Read more
Karl Marx’s Journey of Exile: From Paris to London and Back Again After marriage, Karl Marx spent 6 months with his in-laws. He didn’t know where to go now. He decided to join his friend Arnold Rouge in Paris. Arnold Rouge was trying to publish a newspaper from Paris. Rouge had offered Marx a job … Read more