Friedrich engels (German: friedrich engels,1820165438+1October 28th-1August 5th, 895) is a German thinker, philosopher, revolutionary, educator and military theorist, and a great mentor of the proletariat and working people all over the world, and a Marxist.

Engels, a close friend of Marx, was called "the second violinist", and he provided a lot of financial support for Marx's academic research. After Marx's death, he compiled and published a large number of manuscripts and works left by Marx and became the leader of the international workers' movement.

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1 and1In August, 844, Engels visited Marx who lived in Paris, and they established a profound friendship. In September of the same year, he co-authored Holy Family with Marx, criticized idealism in Hegel's philosophy, and expounded some important principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism.

2. From 1845 to 1846, they co-authored the book German Ideology, which is the first book to systematically expound historical materialism. 1845, Engels wrote "The Situation of the British Working Class", which clearly pointed out for the first time that the political and economic status of the proletariat will inevitably push it to strive for its own liberation.

3. Engels and Marx established the * * * Socialist Communication Committee in Brussels at the beginning of 1846 to establish contact with socialist organizations in various countries and publicize scientific socialism. From 65438 to 0847, Marx and Engels were invited to join the "Right Alliance", a secret organization of German workers, and actively participated in its reorganization.

From 1847 to 65438+February to 1848 to 65438+1October, Marx and Engels co-authored the Producers' Party Manifesto, which publicly raised the banner of the proletarian movement for the first time. This is a comprehensive theoretical and practical party program, which marks the birth of Marxism.

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