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

  • Paris
  • Friendship with Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels writes in 1885 in: On the History of the Communist League:

“While I was in Manchester, it was tangibly brought home to me that the economic facts, (…) are, at least in the modern world, a decisive historical force; that they form the basis of the origination of the present-day class antagonisms; that these class antagonisms, (…) are in their turn the basis of the formation of political parties and of party struggles, and thus of all political history. Marx had not only arrived at the same view but had already (…) generalized it to the effect that (…) policy and its history are to be explained from the economic relations and their development, and not vice versa.”

He goes on:

“When I visited Marx in Paris in the summer of 1844, our complete agreement in all theoretical fields became evident and our joint work dates from that time.”