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Modern World History: Responses to the Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the text looks at how workers, owners, and the government responded differently to the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Luddites rebelled against industrialization. Robert Owen, a wealthy socialist,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
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University of Virginia

Sixties Project: Rules of the Black Panther Party (Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and study the full text of the Black Panther Party rules as they were written in the late sixties.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Bourgeoisie

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedic explanation of what the term bourgeoisie means in Marxist theory, and how the definition evolved in the 20th century.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Karl Marx, 1818 1883

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Guide provides a comprehensive biography site for Marx and his body of thought, including criticism. Good starting point for students researching him or his critical approach.
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Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: Karl Marx (1818 1883)

For Students 9th - 10th
The life and work of philosopher Karl Marx is surveyed with links to full-text translations of The Communist Manifesto and other tracts.
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The Existential Humanism of Jean Paul Sartre

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site to get into some of the "deeper" philosophy of Sartre. The text is lengthy and sometimes complicated, but some background research should make it readable and helpful.
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Marx's Economic Axioms

For Students 9th - 10th
Author Henry A. Flynt examines the role of economic products in relation to the philosophies of Karl Marx.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Karl Marx (1818 1883)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Karl Marx. Links to related essays and articles are provided within The Victorian Web. This article is somewhat brief but provides good information on the subject.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Mia: History: Usa: The Black Panther Party

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of different accounts and original text form the Black Panther Party which formed in the late 1960s.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Taken directly from the writing of Marx, Engels and Lenin, this entry from the Marxists Internet Archive also includes explanation of the quotations. Very detailed, it will require some sophistication on the part of the reader. Gives an...
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International Gramsci Society: An Introduction to the Life of Gramsci

For Students 9th - 10th
A good summary of the life of Antonio Gramsci, a well known Italian writer, politician and radical theorist, he was thrown in prison by Mussolini where he died in 1937.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fidel Castro 2nd Declaration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text of a speech delivered by Castro on February 4, 1962 titled "The Second Declaration of Havana." In this speech you can see Castro's Marxist-Leninist ideology.
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Black Past

Black Past: Black Panther Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry describes the Black Panther Party: its beginnings, important leaders, and role in the African American communities of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fidel Castro

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text of Castro's speech "On the Export of Revolution." Castro talks about what he believes the Cuban revolution has taught the world.
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Robin Chew

Lucidcafe: Karl Marx

For Students 9th - 10th
A short introduction to the German economic and political philosopher, Karl Marx. Includes links to other sites about Marx, as well as links to books by or about Marx.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Proletariat

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers the definition of the Proletariat, the working class as defined by the Romans and by in Marxist theory.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
A general overview of the Cold War with a unique, pro-Marxist perspective. The article claims that the Cold War was begun by the United States and resulted in their disillusionment with the anti-communist stance.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marx/engels Biography: "Karl Marx", by Friedich Engels

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography is based on the original 1868 German written by Marx's collaborator, Friedrich Engels.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Concept of Cultural Hegemony

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the term cultural hegemony and how it was constructed by the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci. Examples of its manifestation in mass media, education, religion, and other areas are given.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Karl Marx: Father of Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the capitalist conditions, brought on by the Industrial Revolution, that led to the fostering of the socialist ideas espoused by Karl Marx, and to the writing of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

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