Back on his pedestal: the return of Friedrich Engels

[ckaihatsu]

The artist Phil Collins wanted to bring Friedrich Engels back to Manchester where, in the mid-19th century, he had lived for two decades. The German Marxist thinker established the first great industrial city in the annals of communist history.


More... (https://www.ft.com/content/205105fc-67c3-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe)

[RedMaterialist]

The artist Phil Collins wanted to bring Friedrich Engels back to Manchester where, in the mid-19th century, he had lived for two decades. The German Marxist thinker established the first great industrial city in the annals of communist history.


More... (https://www.ft.com/content/205105fc-67c3-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe)

Engels established Manchester as a great industrial city?

[Laika]

Engels established Manchester as a great industrial city?

I think he means that Engel's book "The Conditions of the Working Class in England" put Manchester "on the map" as a study of living and working conditions.

There was a more critical commentary in the Guardian discussing what the reaction of Manchester's Ukrainian Community should be:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/19/manchester-soviet-statue-engels-ukrainians

[BIXX]

19751

The fuck is this?

Ckaihatsu, you bastard.

[ckaihatsu]

The fuck is this?

Ckaihatsu, you bastard.


Huh -- ? Are you joking around -- ?

I didn't post that, it comes from the publisher of the source information once you access it.

EDIT: Oh, I see -- it's a 'gatekeeper' kind of thing. I'll recommend this article as an alternative:


Austerity is Over by Nina Power

https://www.revleft.space/vb/threads/198496-Austerity-is-Over-by-Nina-Power