Greetings all! Apologies to be so late in the announcement, but join us tomorrow for the next session of the primary reading group!
Week 4. What is Marxism? II. Revolution in 1848 | Nov. 1, 2025
• Marx, Address to the Central Committee of the Communist League (1850), pp. 501–511 and Class struggle and mode of production (letter to Weydemeyer, 1852), pp. 218–220
• Engels, The tactics of social democracy (Engels's 1895 introduction to Marx, The Class Struggles in France), pp. 556–573
• Marx, selections from The Class Struggles in France 1848–50 (1850), pp. 586–593
• Marx, selections from The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852), pp. 594–617, including 1869 Preface
We'll gather in Foster Court room 215 at 6pm.
To find the PDFs and the broader syllabus see: https://platypus1917.org/2025/07/09/platypus-primary-marxist-reading-gr…
See you all there!