Critique of the Gotha Program

Marx''s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state. Neglected by t ...

Marx''s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state. Neglected by the statist versions of socialism, whether Social Democratic or Stalinist that left a wreckage of coercion and disillusionment in their wake, this new annotated translation of Marx''s Critique makes clear for the first time the full emancipatory scope of Marx''s notion of life after capitalism. An erudite new introduction by Peter Hudis plumbs the depth of Marx''s argument, elucidating how his vision o