200th Birth Anniversary of Karl Marx

Marx and His Early Thirty Years

KARL Marx is two hundred years young. He is still widely read, thoroughly discussed and critically analysed. It should be our endeavour to trace the path he had traversed and however difficult, to live true to it.Marx was born into a middle-class family. In his school, he was an ordinary child, who was considered to be weak in Mathematics and history. Through his sheer determination to learn and understand the world, he developed mastery over both these subjects.

Marx and Capitalism

MARX’S contribution to the understanding of capitalism can be usefully seen through two profound insights that he had into this system. The first concerns the origin of surplus value. In a world of commodities where exchange between commodity-owners, among whom are also the workers, occurs voluntarily and at equivalence, without any swindle, how can surplus value arise?The solution to this riddle that Marx discovered lies in a distinction between labour and labour-power.

Marxism as a Force for Change Today

 Below we reproduce the text of the speech delivered by Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary at the ‘Marx 200: International Conference’, organised by Marx Memorial Library in London on May 5, on the bicentenary of Marx’s birth.WE have reached the conclusion of this remarkable gathering of Marxists, other intellectuals from various corners of the world and the working people in this city of London to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx.

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