"I am not a Marxist"

[Thomas Seay]

Justin, I dont know in which letter he might have said
that but I got the following from L'Humanite' (French
CP) website:

On sait qu'à la suite de la lecture d'un texte de
Jules Guesde le présentant comme le bon génie qui
apportait la " conscience " à la
classe ouvrière, Karl Marx eut ce mot : " Si c'est
cela le marxisme, alors moi-même je ne suis pas
marxiste...

<< it is known that at the end of a reading of a text
by Jules Guesde presenting him as the good genius who
brought consciousness to the working class, Karl Marx
had these words to say: 'if it is that that is
marxism, then I am not marxist myself>>

I dont know if this was said in a letter or
aloud...possibly he said it some other time also, but
it makes sense that he might have said this in French
in response to a book written by a francophone.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

 
--- Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Can someone give me a cire to the letter where
> Engles reports Marx as saying 
> (in French), "I am not a Marxist?" Thanks, jks
> 
> 
>
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"The tradition of all the dead generations
 weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living"

-Karl Marx

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