THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE (MARX, 1871)- WAS A PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY KARL MARX AS AN OFFICIAL

STATEMENT OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ON THE CHARACTER AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STRUGGLE OF THE PARISIAN COMMUNARDS IN THE FRENCH CIVIL WAR OF 1871.
THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS BONAPARTE (MARX, 1852)- THE ESSAY DISCUSSES THE FRENCH
COUP OF 1851 IN WHICH LOUIS-NAPOLON BONAPARTE ASSUMED DICTATORIAL POWERS. IT SHOWS
MARX IN HIS FORM AS A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORIAN, TREATING ACTUAL HISTORICAL EVENTS
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF HIS MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF HISTORY. ALONG WITH MARX'S
CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS ON ENGLISH POLITICS, THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE IS A PRINCIPAL SOURCE
FOR UNDERSTANDING MARX'S THEORY OF THE CAPITALIST STATE
THE STATE HAD A DEGREE OF AUTONOMY WHICH MARXS WORK ADDRESSED
BUT FAILED TO INCLUDE THEORETICALLY
3 POINTS (MARXS POLITICAL ECONOMY)
1. CAPITALISM IS CONDEMNED TO
OVERPRODUCTION AND CRISIS
KEES VAN DER PIJL (2007): ONE OF THE MISTAKES OFTEN MADE IS TO ASSUME THAT CAPITALIST
DEVELOPMENT DRIVES FORWARD SOCIALIZATION OBJECTIVELY, SO THAT AT SOME POINT, ONLY THE
CAPITALIST SHELL HAS TO BE REMOVED AND WE HAVE THE FINISHED INFRASTRUCTURE OF A SOCIALIST
SOCIETY.
2. NATION STATE AS THE EXCECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MANAGING THE AFFAIRS OF
THE BOURGEOISIE, WITH LIMITED
OPTIONS FOR THE WORKING CLASS TO
INTERVENE IN A PROGRESSIVE FASHION
HOW CAN MARXISTS EXPLAIN NATION STATES IMPROVING (OR IMPAIRING) THE CONDITIONS OF
WORKERS IN COUNTRIS LIKE SWEDEN AND BRAZIL?
PZEWORSKI (1986)- SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IS THE BEST THAT LABOR COULD HOPE FOR DUE, IN PART, TO
THE FACT THAT FULL SCALE SOCIALISM WOULD SEE INTL DISINVESTMENT
3. THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO AND NO
LOGO CALL ON WORKERS TO COOPERATE
INTERNATIONALLY RATHER THAN COMPETE
WITH EACH OTHER NATIONALLY.
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO- IT PRESENTS AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO THE CLASS
STRUGGLE (HISTORICAL AND PRESENT) AND THE PROBLEMS OF CAPITALISM AND THE CAPITALIST MODE
OF PRODUCTION, RATHER THAN A PREDICTION OF COMMUNISM'S POTENTIAL FUTURE IT ALSO BRIEFLY
FEATURES THEIR IDEAS FOR HOW THE CAPITALIST SOCIETY OF THE TIME WOULD EVENTUALLY BE
REPLACED BY SOCIALISM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY COMMUNISM.
NO LOGO- ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS ABOUT THE ALTER-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT

MARX HAD CALLED THE WORKERS TO UNITE ON THE BASIS OF INTL INTEREST BUT WORKERS, INSTEAD
WERE RECRUITED AND INDEED SUPPORTED WAR ON THE BASIS OF NATIONALISTIC IDENTITY (20
TH

CENTURY 2 WORLD WARS PLUS WARS BETWEEN COMMUNIST STATES)
BENEDICT ANDERSON (2008): NATIONALISM IS NOT NECESSARILY IMPOSED ON THE WORKING CLASS
AND, IN INTERPRETING WARFARE BETWEEN NATIONS, MUST BE COMPARED WITHIN THEIR IMAGINED AND
CONCRETE GEOPOLITICAL SETTINGS