Marx, Karl, 1897-1985

born in Trier, Prussia 1818, died in London 1883; studied law and philosophy, Ph.D. Jena 1841; political editor Rheinische Zeitung Cologne 1842-1843, Deutsch-französische Jahrbücher Paris 1844, extradited from Paris in 1845, went to Brussels and founded in 1846 the Kommunistische Korrespondenzkomitee with Engels, both joined the Bund der Gerechten/Bund der Kommunisten and wrote its K̀ommunistisches Manifest'; editor in chief of Neue Rheinische Zeitung Cologne 1848/49; its suppression and the defeat of the revolution led to permanent exile in London from 1850; earned a living as a political journalist for e.g. New York Daily Tribune; elaborated his criticism of political economy resulting eventually in D̀as Kapital' (vol. I, 1867) to be the scientific justification of modern socialism; took part in the foundation of the International Working Men's Association (IWMA, F̀irst International') in 1864; member of its General Council and corresponding secretary for Germany until 1872; his conflict with Michail Bakunin, focussing on political organization and parliamentary tactics as means, and proletarian state power as a middle range goal of the workers' movement, led to the end of the IWMA and preformulated the strategy of international social democracy eventually dominant until the First World War.

From the description of Archives 1845, c. 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78737201

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