Friedrich Engels dies in London

Engels criticized the German Social Democratic Party’s draft program for failing to address the political realities of the German state. His comments document continuing theoretical debate after...

Engels used the English edition to explain the work’s history and the development of socialist movements. Its accessible form helped circulate ideas internationally, while its framing contributed to...

The congress brought socialist and labor organizations together amid debates over strategy and the conditions of workers across countries. Engels participated as a prominent elder, but international...

Engels edited Marx’s extensive manuscripts into a volume on profit, prices, and capitalist competition. The posthumous publication completed the major three-volume sequence, while the work’s...

Engels’s introduction reflected on changing conditions for socialist organization and electoral politics after the revolutions of 1848. Later readers debated whether it implied a turn toward...