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Franz Erdmann Mehring (27 February 1846 – 28 January 1919) was a German communist historian, literary and art critic, philosopher, and revolutionary socialist politician who was a senior member of the Spartacus League during the German Revolution of 1918–1919.
Franz Mehring (born February 27, 1846, Schlawe, Pomerania, Prussia [now Sławno, Poland—died January 28, 1919, Berlin, Germany) was a radical journalist, historian of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and biographer of Karl Marx.
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Aug 31, 2022 · Franz Mehring Internet Archive. 1846-1919. Biography: Originally a liberal journalist, Mehring joined the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the early 1890s. He rapidly became acknowledged as an important theoretician. In the course of time he moved to the left and became associated with the current around Rosa Luxemburg.
In 1914, when the social-chauvinists forgot and betrayed the finely phrased resolutions and promises they had made at Stuttgart in 1907 and Basel in 1912, Franz Mehring, almost seventy years old, was among the first to go against the current and denounce the war.
Feb 27, 2004 · MIA > Archive > Mehring. Franz Mehring Karl Marx: The Story of His Life (1918) Originally published: (in German) in 1918. Translator: Edward Fitzgerald.
Aug 31, 2023 · Franz Mehring joined the fledging socialist movement in Bismarck’s Germany and became one of its most brilliant propagandists. From his historical writings to his biography of Karl Marx, Mehring left behind a vital body of work for Marxists to draw upon.
Dec 16, 2008 · In this article, I will outline the program of social reform proposed by the then left-liberal journalist, Franz Mehring, to German liberalism in an effort to build a coalition of middle-class and working-class democratic forces in Imperial Germany.
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