A specter continues to haunt the world, the specter of Karl Marx. Two hundred years ago, on May 5, 1818, the father of twentieth century totalitarian communism, the guidebook writer of revolutionary ...

Discover the story of Marxism in this simplified overview. Learn about its key concepts, the ideas of Karl Marx, and how Marxism has influenced political and social movements throughout history.

Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier, a city in present-day Germany. He was a philosopher, economist, historian, and political theorist. He is best known for developing Marxism, a theory that looks at ...

Biographies come in two kinds. The first and more conventional kind portrays the hero as an exception, a genius or a rebel against his time. (I say “his” time because traditional biographies ...

The tomb of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetary in London, England. (Creative Commons/vintagedept) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

Karl Marx died 128 years ago today. Marxism, however, is flourishing, aided by a seemingly resurgent China. Hu Jintao, the Chinese supremo, has been pushing his campaign—encapsulated by the phrase ...

In this text from 1938, Karl Korsch puts forward the notion that Marxism in Russia effectively served as the ideological cloak of capitalist development, but that this was in fact anticipated by ...

Pope Francis poses with Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising and his delegation during the pope’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 19, 2917. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...