Will Clare Roberts - What Was Marx’s Relation To Liberalism?

Alex speaks with Professor Will Clare Roberts about Marx's life, his liberal past, and the relationship between the Marxist and liberal conceptions of freedom.

References

1. “Marx’s Inferno: The Political Theory of Capitalism” by William Clare Roberts

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Marxs-Inferno-Political-Theory-Capital/dp/0691172900 

2. “Capital: Volume I” by Karl Marx

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Capital-Critique-Political-Economy-Kapital-ebook/dp/B002XHNMN0 

3. “The Civil War In France” by Karl Marx

Link: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ 

4. “The Paris Commune” by Karl Marx

Link: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ch05.htm 

5. “The International Workingmen’s Association: General Rules, October 1864” by Karl Marx

Link: https://www.marxists.org/history/international/iwma/documents/1864/rules.htm 

6. “Free Time and Free People” by William Clare Roberts

Link: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/free-time-free-people/ 

7. “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith 

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960 

8. “The Eighteenth Brumiare of Louis Bonaparte” by Karl Marx

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Eighteenth-Brumaire-Louis-Bonaparte-Karl/dp/0717800563 

9. “Articles by Karl Marx in the New York Tribune, 1852-61” by Marxist Internet Archives

Link: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/newspapers/new-york-tribune.htm