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Turning point in world titor Until then to turning point in capitalist class had been leading the struggle against feudalism. many, in the decisive clashes, the capitalist class had capitulated to counter-revolution.
class in 1848 to that in the great French revolution of 1789, saying The bourgeoisie in France...had broken down all obstacles to the rule of its own class. The bourgeoisie in Germany...carries out the counterrevolution for its own tyrants.' (1)
But why had the German bourgeoise acted so differently to its revolupreaccessurs France and England? And wild political Conse' question which Marx and Engels of the experience of 1848.
the bourgeoisie now turned to I calliol the decisive struggles Marx readily showed the earlier capitalist revolutions, for example England 1642-48 or France in 1789. the bourgeoisie had not been afraid to launch decisive revolutionary struggles because the working class was still extremely weak The bourgeoisie could control and utilise the revolutionary struggles working class and peasantry simply lot ls own pur poses.
Marx wrote, 'In England) the bourgeoisie was allied with the al slucialy against the monarchy, the feudal aristocracy and the established church. In 1789 (in the bourgeoisie was allied with the people against the mod the established cracy the aristocracy and the cn. In born revolutions te bourgeoisie was the class really headed Lial historical explanation of the This class dominated their approach to all the big history.
revolutionary force But in Ger Marx contrasted the role of the German capitalist the political rule bourgeoisie..Is there centre anywhere the where the red flag, the battle emblem of the united proletariat of Europe, has not been found flying on the barricades during the months (of 1848)? ...every uprising that now takes place is a direct threat to the political existence bourgeoisie an direct threat to its social existence.' (3)
Therefore in 1848, as now in every revolution, The German the mooourecosic...al ment when it confronted feudalisın and absolutism. saw menacingly pitted against itself the proletariat and all sections of the middle class whose interests and were related to those of the proletariat.' (4)
The result of this situation was that the bourgeoisie was now more scared of working class revolution than it was of feudalism. The key goal of the capitalist class had become revolution but, Suppression of every political move of the proletariat and of all social strata whose interests do completely coincide with the interests of the class which believes itself to be standing at the helm of state.' (5) books on politics ever written. very good collection is available as "The 1848' in Penguin Books.
The oniy difficulty in reading Marx and Engels on this period is number of events, names and places which are only of historical significance and not familiar today.
i mary " ne poureeorse anone coumer-nevownor (3) Engels - The Uprising in Frankfurt. (4) Marx (6) Marx - Montesquieu LVI The introduction to the volume is useful for this however.
A short presentation of Marx and Engels views in this period is in Michael The Politics of Combined and Uneven Develop ment - The Theory of Permanent Revolution published by New Lef Books (1) Marx — The Victory of the Counter-Revolution in Vienna The Bourgeoisie and the Counter-Revolution
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