| Karl Marx - Mark Steel Lectures Part 4/5 Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 -- March 14, 1883) was a 19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. Marx addressed a wide range of issues; he is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the Communist Manifesto (1848): "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles". Marx believed that the capitalism would be displaced by radical socialism which in turn would develop into a communism - a classless society. Often called the father of communism, Marx was both a scholar and a political activist. SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Tags: Karl Marx Mark Steel Marxism Communism Lenin Socialism Trotsky Che Guevara Castro London Cuba |