Series: Ten socialist classics

  • The Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Frederick Engels provided an overall theory to help explain history, how to fight for justice today and the possibility of a better future. March 21, 2008

  • Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

    Frederick Engels' pamphlet provided a popular account of the origin of socialist ideas and the Marxist view of history. April 11, 2008

  • Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

    Frederick Engels provides a materialist analysis of the rise of class society and, with it, the roots of women's oppression. May 12, 2008

  • The Civil War in France

    The modern Marxist theory of the state owes its existence to the 1871 struggle of the Paris Communards, who taught people that workers can run society. June 9, 2008

  • The Mass Strike

    Rosa Luxemburg's book, written after the 1905 revolution in Russia, shows how "economic" issues can be the catalyst for "political" demands. June 13, 2008