The class struggle as a red thread in history (NL)

Written By Marxist Summer School

Monday 7th Juli 2 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Jan Dumolyn

Language: Dutch

“The history of every society to date is the history of the class struggle." So reads the first sentence of the first chapter of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

According to historical materialism, class struggle is how people push history forward. It is at once the thread of how Marxists understand history. Learn more about how Marxists analyze history in this formation.

Jan Dumolyn is a historian and professor at Ghent University. He is an expert on social uprisings during the Middle Ages. His columns appear regularly in De Standaard.



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