Frederick Engels: 200 years since his birth Tomorrow – 28 November – marks the 200th birthday of Friedrich Engels. Rob Sewell commemorates this bicentenary by looking at the vital contribution that Engels made to developing the ideas of Marxism, for which we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
Pre–order now: Engels' Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State To commemorate 200 years since Engels' birth, we are proud to republish his classic text, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. Described by Lenin as “one of the fundamental works of modern socialism”, this book is a must-read for all socialists.
The Communist Manifesto A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?
