Address to the Communist League; Marx & Engels, March 1850 — Reference points #6

About this episode

This episode features an audio recording of a draft of a speech by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels addressing the Communist League in March 1850.

Audio recording of a draft/transcript of “Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League”, a speech given and circulated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in March 1850, as reproduced here https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/communist-league/1850-ad1.htm Article on this to be published in Solidarity 770 https://workersliberty.org/solidarity #6 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook recording from audio by “Socialism4All”, with thanks; music public domain. Subscribe to our podcast “Solidarity & more” by “Workers' Liberty” wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

People in this episode

Host: Workers' Liberty

Topics covered

• Communism
• Marxism
• Historical speeches
• Political theory
• Workers' rights

Keywords

• Marx
• Engels
• Communist League
• political speech
• workers' movement
• historical context
• audiobook

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Socialism4All

Books & works: Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League, Solidarity 770, Marxist points of reference

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