Marxism portal

Marxism portal

Introduction

Marxism is a scientific worldview and school of thought first developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the mid 1800s. Since the 19th century, Marxism has then developed into several different currents of thought, such as Marxism–Leninism, Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought, Ho Chi Minh Thought and many other schools of thought.

Since the 19th century, Marxism has then developed into several different currents of thought, such as Marxism–Leninism, Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought, Ho Chi Minh Thought and many other schools of thought.

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Concepts

Lenin wrote the three sources and components of Marxism to be:

Economics

• Labour theory of value

Philosophy

Start here:

• Contradiction
• Praxis

Then follow up with:

• Dialectical materialism
  • Materialism
    • Historical materialism
    • And its opposite, Idealism
• Dialectics
  • And its opposite, metaphysics

Class struggle

People

Picture of Karl Marx, the founder of scientific socialism

There have been many important people to Marxism. Below, in alphabetical order, are some of them: (not actually alphabetical yet)

• Karl Marx
• Friedrich Engels
• Vladimir Lenin
• Joseph Stalin
• Mao Zedong
• Kim Il Sung

Library works

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Currents

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Historical gallery

Parties

Countries

Sorted by date of proclamation:

Former Existing Socialism

• Soviet Union
• German Democratic Republic

Currently Existing Socialism

• People's Republic of China
• Republic of Cuba
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Lao People's Democratic Republic