Engels, Frederick, socialist, born in Barmen on Nov. 28, 1820, the son of a well-to-do manufacturer. Took up commerce, but already at an early age began propagating radical and socialist ideas in newspaper articles and speeches. After working for some time as a clerk in Bremen and serving for one year as an army volunteer in Berlin in 1842, he went for two years to Manchester, where his father was co-owner of a cotton mill.

In 1844 he worked for the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher published by Arnold Ruge and Karl Marx in Paris. In 1844 he returned to Barmen and in 1845 addressed communist meetings organised by Moses Hess and Gustav K?ttgen in Elberfeld. Then, until 1848, he lived alternately in Brussels and Paris; in 1846 he joined, with Marx, the secret Communist League, a predecessor of the International, and represented the Paris communities at the two League congresses in London in 1847. On the League's instructions, he wrote, jointly with Marx, the Communist Manifesto addressed to the "working men of all countries", which was published shortly before the February revolution [1848] (a new edition appeared in Leipzig in 1872).

In 1848 and 1849 E. worked in Cologne for the Neue Rheinische Zeitung edited by Marx, and after its suppression he contributed, in 1850, to the Politisch-oekonomische Revue. He witnessed the uprisings in Elberfeld, the Palatinate and Baden and took part in the Baden-Palatinate campaign as aide-de-camp in Willich's volunteer corps. After the suppression of the Baden uprising E. returned as a refugee to England and re-entered his father's firm in Manchester in 1850.

He retired from business in 1869 and has lived in London since 1870. He assisted his friend Marx in providing support for the international labour movement, which arose in 1864, and in carrying on social-democratic propaganda. E. was Secretary for Italy, Spain and Portugal on the General Council of the International. He advocates Marxian communism in opposition to both "petty bourgeois" Proudhonist and nihilistic Bakuninist anarchism. His main work is The Condition of the Working-Class in England (Leipzig, 1845; new edition, Stuttgart, 1892), which, although one-sided, possesses undeniable scientific value. His Anti-Dühring is a polemic of considerable size (2nd ed. Zurich, 1886). E.'s other published works include Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy (Stuttgart, 1888), The Origin of the Family Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (4th ed., Berlin, 1891). E. also published Vols 2 and 3 of Karl Marx's Capital and the 3rd and 4th editions of Vol. I, and contributed many articles to the Neue Zeit.

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  • President_Obama [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I had the weirdest fucking dream just now. Necessary context: I'm aroace.

    It was a combination of settings/"stories", where it was partly a post CS finale (pictures are being taken of the teams NAVI & Heroic) and partly at my home, in my bedroom, where I slowly got to know a Ukrainian guy. Though he didn't look like any I know, I think the vibe was that he was a CS player.

    After various 'scenes' with just talking with him, it 'cut' to both of us on the floor, kissing shirtless. Now this part was vivid, his lips were so fucking soft, and he tasted like strawberry bubblegum (as soon as I thought that in the dream, we both had to remove bubblegum from our mouths). Afterwards I talked with him about being confused about my sexuality, "as I thought I was aroace, but maybe I am demisexual." In the convo he argued that labels don't matter anyway. Then it cut to chants for Heroic after they won a finale.

    I've never had the desire to kiss anyone, and this felt so real too. Very odd.

      • President_Obama [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Let's get one thing straight gay: if anyone on the NAVI team inspired that dream it'd be sdy /j. But it wasn't any of em.

        Dude kinda looked like (CW: shirtless man) this person.

        • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          not saying you aren't ace but ace guys don't typically look up "hot gay stoners" on Onlyfans. Just saying.

          • President_Obama [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            I found him on r/cuteguys a while back, I don't have an onlyfans acc. Sent that pic to an allo friend who then did look up his onlyfans lol

            • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Yeah not questioning your identity bud, just encouraging you to question yours.

              ...that pic is making me question my sexuality a bit tho...

        • CTHlurker [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I absolutely shouldn't have clicked that while at work.

            • CTHlurker [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              our IT department is hilariously incompetent and mostly seem to exist as a jobsprogramme for elderly software folks. Though i will admit, I did get tricked by their phishing attempt, which I suppose makes me the bigger idiot.