Marx as a Migrant – A digital narrative

Karl Marx lived a long life as a migrant. Fleeing from the Prussian state, censorship and possible arrest, important stops on his journey were Paris, Brussels and London. These cities shaped his political activities, his engagement with political fellow-travellers, as well as his intellectual development and thus his entire work.

At the click of a mouse, you can follow Marx as a migrant from city to city. You can not only immerse yourself in his time, but also discover that even today, traces of his life and work continue to be seen in Paris, Brussels and London.

Each station takes about 45 minutes.

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Marx as a Migrant

  • London
  • Working as a Journalist

Collaboration with Julian Harney and Ernest Jones

Until 1850, Julian Harney had published the Chartist newspaper Northern Star, along with the “Democratic Review”, “Friend of The People” and the “Red Republican”, which prints the first English translation of the “Communist Manifesto” in November 1850. Harney’s uncritical openness towards various democratic movements means Marx soon mocks him as the “little hip hip hooray-Scot”.

Marx continues working on the newspapers published by Ernest Jones: “Notes to The People” and “People’s Paper”, despite criticising Jones’s social reformist tendencies.