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1894, Engels writes letters to Conrad
Schmidt (August 5 and Oct. 27, 1890), Joseph Bloch
(Sept. 21-22, 1890), Franz Mehring (July 14,
1893), W. Borgius (Jan. 25, 1894) and others,
examining and elaborating on the principal tenets
of Marxist science of society. |
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May
4, Engels takes part in the first May Day
demonstration and meeting in London. He considers
the mass demonstration and meeting a big victory
for English working-class movement. |
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End
of May to June 1891, Engels works (with
intervals) on the 4th edition of his "Origin
of Family, Private Property and State"; he
studies the latest literature, in particular the
books of M. M. Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist.
The 4th edition comes off the press in November
1891. |
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Sept.
30, Anti-Socialist Law is abrogated in
Germany. |
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Nov.
4, Helene Demuth, a great friend of Marx
and Engels deceased. |
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Nov.
28, Engels is seventy. He receives many
greetings from associates, socialist and workers'
parties and other organizations in different
countries.
Bebel, Liebknecht and Singer come to London to pay
their respects to Engels on his seventieth
birthday, on behalf of Social-Democratic Party of
Germany. |
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January,
Engels publishes Marx' "Critique of Gotha
Program" in the journal "Die Neue Zeit". |
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March,
Engels prepares for printing the 3rd German
edition of Marx' "Civil War in France";
it appears on 20th anniversary of Paris Commune;
he writes an introduction to it. |
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May
3, Engels participates in the mass May Day
demonstration and meeting in London. |
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June,
Engels sends Executive Committee of
Social-Democratic Party of Germany his remarks on
the draft program prepared for Erfurt Congress. He
criticizes its political demands and its
concessions to opportunism. |
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July
4, Party's draft program, with some of
Engels' remarks being taken into account, is
printed in "Vorwarts" and in other party
newspapers for discussion. |
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In
letters to Bebel and other leaders of
Social-Democratic Party of Germany, Engels
criticizes the editors of "Vorwarts" ,
Party's central organ, for opportunist mistakes. |
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Sept.
8-23, Engels makes a trip to Ireland and
Scotland. |
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Mid-Oct.
to early Nov., Engels follows the work of
Erfurt Congress of Social-Democratic Party of
Germany, held from October 14 to 21. He is pleased
that it adopts a Marxist program. |
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April
20, Engels writes a special introduction to
the authorized English edition of his
"Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"; the
book appears in London, 1892.
Engels' introduction (in his own translation) is
also published in "Die Neue Zeit" in the
beginning of June, under the heading "On
Historical Materialism". |
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Nov.
9-25, Engels write a biographical essay on
Marx for the 4th volume of "Handworter buch
dre Staatswissenschaften". |
