Friday, November 16, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx is best known not as a philosopher but as a revolutionary communist, whose works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes in the 20th century. It is hard to think of many who have had as much influence in the creation of the modern world.

Karl Marx was born in Treir, Germany in 1818He was Jewish but his father (Hirsal Marx) decided to abandon his Jewish faith.His father(Hirsal Marx) died in 1836. Now Marx had to earn their own living ,and decided to Become a university lecturer. Marx actually traveled a lot after he finished his doctoral degree.He traveled because he was going to be arrested. He was actually running away. they wanted to arrest him because of socialism. As soon as he herd he was going to get arrested he married his girlfriend and then ran to other countries. Back then part of Europe was Communist. a lot of people was arrested for socialism

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