Biography of Karl Marx

Karl Marx studied law and philosophy at the University of Berlin in 1835. Here, he became involved with a young, radical group of students, the Young Hegelians, who criticized political and religious institutions.
In 1843, he moved to Paris where he met his lifelong friend, financial supporter, and co-writer, Friedrich Engels. In 1845, however, he would be forced out of France for writing for a radical newspaper.
In 1846 in Belgium, he founded the Communist Correspondence Committee, which brought European socialists together. In 1848 Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto, which criticized capitalism and its flaws, and introduced the concept of socialism. Once again, Marx was forced out of a country for his radical publications. Unable to live in France, Belgium, or Prussia, Marx found refuge in England.
In 1867 in England, Marx published Das Kapital, which predicted the demise of capitalism, revolutions based on workers uprising and demanding socialism, and the triumph of communism.
Marx’s books and theories were subsequently responsible for the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the worldwide appeal and spread of communism for much of the twentieth century. He was a leader in thought and philosophy that was both radical at the time and continues to be in most Western societies today.

Who is Karl Marx

"Karl Marx was the founding father of socialism and communism.

 He looked at a world that took advantage of the working class and how urbanization and capitalism disenfranchised society.

Compelled by a need for change and revolution, he composed The Communist Manifesto, which demanded major political, social, and economic transformation.

His books were the inspiration for many revolutions in the twentieth century, as well as the appeal of communism to many developing countries during the Cold War."