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Karl Marx was born two centuries ago. There have been ups and downs since, but he’s never gone entirely out of fashion. Sally Campbell introduces a monthly column looking at his life, work and relevance today.

On 14 September 1867 Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I, was published in Hamburg.

The first volume of Karl Marx’s Capital was published a century and a half ago. Joseph Choonara, author of a new reader’s guide to the work, explains its relevance today

Camilla Royle spoke to Joseph Choonara, author of a new guide to Capital, about the relevance of Marx’s great work to the world today.

A new book by Gareth Stedman-Jones, Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, stresses the impact of dynamic early capitalism on Karl Marx's theories. But workers’ struggles gave them their revolutionary edge that still cuts, argues Simon Basketter

Marxism can help explain why some workers have racist ideas and how that can change, writes Alistair Farrow

Marx, Genius of the modern world BBC Four, Thursday 16 June, 9pm

One hundred a fifty years ago a meeting in London met to found the first international workers’ organisation, the International Working Men’s Association. Christian Høgsbjerg shows how Karl Marx made a vital contribution to the IWMA and how he fought to ensure its militant trajectory.

Alex Callinicos’s new book Deciphering Capital argues that Karl Marx’s main work is still vital to understand how to change the world, writes Mark L Thomas

The current crisis of capitalism has coincided with a renewed interest in Marx's Capital. Socialist Review spoke to Alex Callinicos about his forthcoming book examining Marx's understanding of capitalism.

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Einde O’Callaghan from the Marxists Internet Archive responds to demands they remove works by Marx and Engels from the website.

The idea that humans are naturally greedy and selfish and that “you can’t change human nature” is often used to explain the atrocities that happen in the world. From imperialist wars, to racism, to mass poverty the barbarism in society can be seen everywhere. But we also see the huge potential for humans to overcome...