The Class Struggle

The Class Struggle
Author: Karl Kautsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781008973770

The official commentary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) on their brief 1891 Erfurt Program (by Karl Kautsky, party leader August Bebel and Eduard Bernstein). It became and is still considered the seminal (and popular) text for Orthodox Marxism and the Second International.

Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism

Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism
Author: Karl Kautsky
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 900439284X

Once deemed ‘the pope of Marxism’, Karl Kautsky (1854–1938) was the leading theoretician of the German Social Democratic Party and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his time. However, during the twentieth century a constellation of historical factors ensured that his ideas were gradually consigned to near oblivion. Not only has his political thought been dismissed in non-Marxist historical and political discourse, but his ideas are equally discredited in Marxist circles. This book aims to rekindle interest in Kautsky’s ideas by exploring his democratic-republican understanding of state and society. It demonstrates how Kautsky’s republican thought was positively influenced by Marx and Engels – especially in relation to the lessons they drew from the experience of the Paris Commune. Listen to Ben Lewis discuss the book on [this podcast] by LINKSE HOBBY.

The Road to Power

The Road to Power
Author: Karl Kautsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1909
Genre: Communism
ISBN:

The Class Struggle and Welfare

The Class Struggle and Welfare
Author: David Matthews
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2025-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1685900887

A fresh look on the welfare system—with a view beyond the state With The Class Struggle and Welfare, David Matthews argues that we must understand the welfare state as a dialectical phenomenon—a product of class struggle. Confronting the hypocritical rhetoric of politicians who castigate welfare beneficiaries as lazy and “workshy,” Matthews points to clear evidence that the welfare state is essential to the prosperity and health of capitalist economies. At the same time, in the Marxist tradition, Matthews moves well beyond an analysis of welfare as simply an instrument wielded by capitalism for its benefit, arguing that proof of the class struggle scars the surface of every welfare system. With chapters focusing on welfare issues, including social security, health, disability, housing, and education, Matthews examines historical and current developments in Britain as a basis for a wider understanding of the relationship between capitalism and welfare. The Class Struggle and Welfare shows that as welfare states grew exponentially throughout the advanced capitalist world over the course of a century, the intents, purposes and perceptions of the institution of welfare underwent a dialectical transformation. On the one hand, the services offered served to bolster capitalism. On the other hand, welfare systems in and of themselves were born of class struggle. In turn, even as current welfare systems reflect the values and the needs of the capitalist arena, the influence and imprint of the working class is plain to see. The Class Struggle and Welfare ultimately looks to the future, arguing that the working class must consider an alternative type of welfare system—one which looks beyond the state and truly reflects the values of equality, solidarity, and community.

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Critique of the Gotha Programme
Author: Karl Marx
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2023-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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