The First International and After

Volume 3: The First International and After: The crucial texts of Marx’s later years – notably ‘The Civil War in France and ‘Critique of the Gotha Programme’ – are among his most important works. As well as his searching analysis of the tragic but inspiring failure of the Paris Commune, this volume includes essays on German unification, the Irish question, the Polish national movement and the possibility of revolution in Russia., The founding documents of the First International, and his polemical pieces attacking the disciples of Proudhon and Bakunin and the advocates of reformism, reveal a tactical mastery that has influenced revolutionary movements ever since.

Contains:

• The Civil War in France.
• Critique of the Gotha Programme.
• Documents of the First International.
• On Germany.
• Letters on Ireland.
• The Franco-Prussian War.
• Conspectus of Bakunin’s Statism and Anarchy.
• And more!