Series

Revolutionary Ideas of Marx

SocialistWorker.org writers examine some of the main themes in the writings of Karl Marx and the Marxists who followed him.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Alan Maass

Marx’s theory of working-class revolution

Marx's view of the world is built around the centrality of the struggle between exploiter and exploited--ultimately over whether society will go forward or not.

October 14, 2010
Students marching against racist hate crimes at University of California, San Diego last spring
Jen Roesch

Can the working class unite?

For the working class to create a socialist society, it must achieve unity in its ranks--and that means championing all struggles against oppression.

November 4, 2010
Soldiers on the march through Petrograd in a demonstration during the 1917 Russian Revolution
Elizabeth Schulte

Marxism and political organization

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels insisted that the working class would need its own organization to achieve a new society.

December 2, 2010