Marx & Engels Collected Works: Volume 20

Volume 20

Marx and Engels
1864-68

September 1864-July 1868


Inaugural Address of the Working Men's International Association (Marx)5
Provisional Rules of the Association (Marx)14
Resolutions on the Composition of the Provisional Central Council (Marx)17
Resolutions on the Terms of the Admission of Workers' Organisations to the International Working Men's Association (Marx)18
To Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America (Marx)19
To the Editor of the Beobachter (Marx)22
To the Editor of the Stuttgart Beobachter (Marx)23
On Proudhon [Letter to J. B. Schweitzer] (Marx)26
Herr Tidmann. Old Danish Folk Song (Engels)34
To the Editor of the Social-Demokrat (Marx & Engels)36
The Prussian Military Question and the (German Workers' Party) (Engels)37

I

42

II

56

III

67
To the Editor of the Social-Demokrat (Marx & Engels)80
Notice Concerning The Prussian Military Question and the German Workers' Party (Engels)81
Resolutions of the Central Council on the Conflict in the Paris Section (Marx)82
Synopsis of Engels' Pamphlet The Prussian Military Question and the German Workers' Party (Marx)84
Review of Engels' Pamphlet The Prussian Military Question and the German Workers' Party (Marx)85
Statement Regarding the Causes of the Breach with the Social-Democrat (Marx)87
To the Editor of the Berliner Reform (Marx)94
The "President of Mankind" (Marx)92
A Correction (Marx)97
Address from the Working Men's International Association to President Johnson (Marx)99
Value, Price and Profit (Marx)101

Preliminary

103

1) Production and Wages

103

2) Production, Wages and Profits

105

3) Wages and Currency

113

4) Supply and Demand

116

5) Wages and Prices

118

6) Value an Labour

121

7) Labouring Power

127

8) Production of Surplus Value

130

9) Value of Labour

132

10) Profit is Made by Selling a Commodity at its Value

132

11) The Difference Parts into Which Surplus-Value is Decomposed

133

12) General Relation of Profits, Wages and Prices

137

13) Main Cases of Attempts at Raising Wages or Resisting Their Fall

138

14) The Struggle between Labour and Capital and Its Results

144
Resolution on the Convocation of a General Congress of the International in 1866 (Marx)150
Resolution on the Procedure of Discussing the Programme of the Congress (Marx)151
What Have the Working Classes to Do with Poland? (Engels)152

I. To the Editor of The Commonwealth

152

II. To the Editor of The Commonwealth

155

III. The Doctrine of Nationality Applied to Poland

158
A Warning (Marx)162
Notes on the War in Germany (Engels)164

No. I

164

No. II

168

No. III

172

No. IV

176

No. V

179
Proposals of the Standing Committee on the Programme of the Geneva Congress (Marx)183
Instructions for the Delegates of the Provisional Council. The Different Questions. (Marx)185

1. Organisation of the International Association

185

2. International Combination of Efforts, by the Agency of the Association in the Struggle Between Labour and Capital

186

3. Limitation Of the Working Day

187

4. Juvenile and Children's Labour (Both Sexes)

188

5. Co-operative Labour

190

6. Trades' Unions. Their Past Present and Future

191

7. Direct and Indirect Taxation

192

8. International Credit

193

9. Polish Question

193

10. Armies

193

11. Religious Question

194
Resolution of Gratitude to the Delegates of the Central (General) Council to the Geneva Congress (Marx)135
Speech at the Polish Meeting in London. January 22 1867 (Marx)196
A Correction (Marx)202
Resolutions Concerning the Agenda of the Lausanne Congress (Marx)203
Resolution on the Attitude or the International Working Men's Association to the Congress on the League of Peace and Freedom (Marx)204

 

Articles and Reviews Written in connection with the Publication of Volume One of Capital (Oct 1867-July 1868)

Review of Volume One of Capital for the Zukunft (Engels)207
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Rheinische Zeitung (Engels)210
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Elberfelder Zeitung (Engels)214
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Dusseldorfer Zeitung (Engels)216
Plagiarism (Marx)219
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Beobachter (Engels)224
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Staats-Anzeiger fur Wurttemburg (Engels)227
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Neue Badische Landeszeitung (Engels)229
Review of Volume One of Capital for the Demokratisches Wochenblatt (Engels)231
Review of Volume One of Capital for The Fortnightly Review (Engels)238
My Plagiarism of F. Bastiat (Marx)260
Synopsis of Volume One of Capital by Karl Marx (Engels)265
Chapter I - Commodities and Money265

1. Commodities as Such

265

2. The Process of Commodity Exchange

267

3. Money, or the Circulation of Commodities

268
Chapter II - The Transformation of Money into Capital275

1. The General Formula for Capital

275

2. Contradictions in the General Formula

277

3. The Buying and Selling of Labour-Power

281
Chapter III - The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value282

1. The Labour Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value

282

2. Constant and Variable Capital

284

3. The Rate of Surplus-Value

284

4. The Working Day

285

5. Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value

288
Chapter IV - Production of Relative Surplus-Value292

1. The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value

292

2. Co-operation

293

3. Division of Labour and Manufacture

297

4. Machinery and Large-Scale Industry

300

 

From the Preparatory Materials

Draft for a Speech on France's Attitude to Poland (Polemics against Peter Fox) (Marx)311
. The So-called Polish Succession War312
. The Seven Years' War (1756-1763)313
. First Partition of Poland316
. French Republic318
. Consulate322
. Empire323
Draft for a Report to the Central Council (Marx)328
Notes Concerning the Conflict in the Paris Section (Marx)329
Original Draft Resolution on the Conflict in the Paris Section (Marx)330
Memorandum to Hermann Jung About the Conflict in the Paris Section (Marx)331
Note to Hermann Jung About Ernest Jones' Letter to the Central Council Meeting. March 21 1865 (Marx)337
Notes for the Report on Value Price and Profit (Marx)338
Record of the Central Council Meeting. January 16 1866 (Marx)339
Sweden and Denmark. Travel Notes (Engels)343

 

Appendices

From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (October-November 1864)351
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (November-December 1864)353
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (January-February 1865)356
Report of a Speech by Karl Marx at the Anniversary Celebration of the German Workers' Educational Society in London360
Agreement Between Mr. Karl Marx and Mr. Otto Meissner Publisher and Bookseller361
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (March-early July 1865)363
A Card Issued to Societies Forming the Association369
Report of the Sub-Committee on the Questions of a Congress and Conference as Amended and Passed by the Central Council at a Summoned Meeting on the 25th of July 1865375
To the Working Men of Great Britain and Ireland378
The Industrial Newspaper Company (Limited)380
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (September 1865)384
From the Minutes of the London Conference of the International Working Men's Association385
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (October 1865-January 1866)387
From a Letter by Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker. January 29, 1866390
To the Editor of L'Echo de Verviers392
Record of Marx's Speech on Mazzini's Attitude to the International Working Men's Association40l
Manchester Schiller Institute Circular402
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (May 1866)405
P. Lafargue. Survey of the Progress of the International Working Men's Association406
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (June-December 1866)41
Report of a Speech by Karl Marx at the Anniversary Celebration of the German Workers' Educational Society in London. February 28, 1867415
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (April 1867)416
Manchester Schiller Institute Circular417
The General Council of the International Working Men's Association on the Lausanne Congress421
Report of Marx's Speech on the Statistics in the New Blue Book424
Report of Marx's Speech on the Attitude of the International Working Men's Association to the Congress of the League of Peace and Freedom426
Third Annual Report of the International Working Men's Association428
From the Minute Book of the General Council. Central Council Meetings (September 24-October 22, 1867)438
From a Letter by Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker. On about October 5, 1867439
Rules and Administrative Regulations of the International Working Men's Association441

 

Notes and Indexes

Notes447
Name Index517
Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature544
Index of Periodicals554
Subject Index556
Glossary of Geographical Names581

 

Illustrations

Title Page of the first Edition of the Inaugural Address and Provisional Rules of the International Working Men's Association3
Title Page of the first edition of The Prussian Military Question and the German Workers' Party by Engels39
The Austro-Prussian War, 1866 (map)182-83
The last page of Marx's memorandum to Jung about the conflict in the Paris Section333
Minutes of the Central Council Meeting of January 16, 1866 recorded by Marx341
Plan of the Swedish fortress of Karlsborg. Drawing by Engels345
Central Council's Address to working men's societies372-73