Today in Marxist History
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Historical Events
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1842-10-15 - Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung
1867-10-01 - Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published
1872-09-10 - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
1909-02-12 - Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter & Wijnkoop)
1933-02-07 - Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
1933-02-10 - Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1940-07-20 - Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist
1961-12-02 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1970-01-03 - Marxist government takes over in Congo
1974-12-28 - Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
1976-12-26 - The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
1977-08-23 - Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
1979-09-20 - The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML).
1981-09-15 - Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism
1991-05-21 - Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
2003-11-18 - The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal's CPI(ML).
2004-09-21 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Famous Birthdays
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1818-05-05 - Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1850-01-06 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)
1854-10-16 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist
1859-02-13 - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
1871-08-13 - Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party)
1873-01-02 - Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
1891-01-23 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist
1897-11-12 - Karl Marx, Germany, composer/conductor
1905-04-08 - Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm)
1927-06-28 - Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 16 of 16
1883-03-14 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1895-08-05 - Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies
1919-01-15 - Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47
1919-01-15 - Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered
1932-12-18 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82
1937-04-27 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46
1938-10-18 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
1939-06-05 - Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies
1952-11-21 - Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1960-04-03 - Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1960-04-28 - Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1971-05-07 - Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
1985-05-08 - Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
1992-08-21 - Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65
1993-03-12 - Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1993-05-05 - Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
