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#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism

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The Socialist Party of German Workers

The most successful socialist party in Europe was the German party. It started around 1870, Marx was still alive. By the end of the century, it was the second most important party in Germany. If you wanted to have any kind of presence in the German working class, you had to use the word socialist. The only thing that Marxism did for Mr. Hitler was provide him with his stepping stone to power.

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