Das Kapital (IPA: [das kapiˈtaːl]) (Capital, in the English translation) is an extensive treatise on political economy written by Karl Marx and edited in part by Friedrich Engels in German. The book is a critical analysis of capitalism and its...
BECAUSE AMERICANS naturally equated Karl Marx with our mortal enemies throughout the Cold War, we found it easy enough to think of him as an evil genius who would have nothing to teach us today. In many ways, though, Marx's original insights are more...
What with all this talk of rioting in the streets over Britain's growing wealth divide, I've been dusting off my copy of Das Kapital, left untouched since my student days. Most of it is completely irrelevant to the modern world, focused as it is...
Okinawa's anti-U.S. activist and former Japanese Communist Party vice chairman Kamejiro Senaga (1907-2001) has left two handwritten prison memoirs stating his belief against U.S. military rule of Okinawa and for Okinawa's reversion to Japan, informed sources said Tuesday. Senaga's relatives had found...
President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to take over any private schools refusing to submit to the oversight of his socialist government, a move some Venezuelans fear will impose leftist ideology in the classroom.All Venezuelan schools, both public and private, must submit to state inspectors...
In the following essay, Henderson examines Engels' contribution to Marx's Das Kapital, demonstrating that Engels was involved throughout all stages of the book's production and that he provided input on economics and helped to publicize the work.
