Proletariat
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The proletariat is the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose possession of significant economic value is their labour power. A member of such a class is a proletarian or a pro
The Fourth Estate (1901) by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
Secessio plebis, a form of protest in ancient Rome where the plebeians would leave the city, causing the economy to collapse
Jean-François Millet – The man with the hoe
Adolph Menzel – Iron rolling mill (1872–1875)
Karl Marx
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Karl Marx was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist. He developed the theory of historical materialism, analysing societal structure and change, particularly
Proletariat
…the bourgeoisie, receiving wages which represent less than the value their labour produced, the remainder appropriated by the bourgeoisie as profits. Karl Marx argued that the conflicting inherent interests between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie gives the proletariat common economic and political interests…
Marx's birthplace, now Brückenstraße 10, in Trier. The family occupied two rooms on the ground floor and three on the first floor. Purchased by the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928, it now houses a museum devoted to him.
Marx before 1840
Jenny von Westphalen in the 1830s
Trierer students in front of the White Horse, among them, Karl Marx