MARX AND ENGELS ONLINE LIBRARY GUIDE update: January 30, 1994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another month has slipped past since an update on the Marx & Engels Online Library was posted to various newsgroups and lists. Once again, I'm pleased to report that the library has grown sizably (4.2 megs and counting). The M&E Online Library is constantly "under construction". New works are added, errors are corrected (I thank those who report them) and further data on existent files are appended. Net cruisers are encouraged to sweep in every two weeks or five to see what's new. However, monthly updates will be issued. There is absolutely no way to monetarily profit from this project. It is a labor of love undertaken in the purest communitarian sense. The real "profit" will hopefully manifest in the form of individual enlightenment through easy access to these classic works. The goal, however dreamy and distant at this juncture, is to have all major works online for the centennial of the passing of Frederick Engels -- August 5, 1995. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW MATERIAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following works have been added to the M&E Archvie since the December 27, 1993, update: 1847 -- THE POVERTY OF PHILOSOPHY: Marx's rebuttal to J.P. Proudhon's book, _The Philosophy of Poverty_. Marx rejects Proudhon as a lousy economist, worse philosopher, and general reactionary utopian (someone who wants to stop capitalism and turn the clock back to an artisan economy, rather than transcend capitalism). 1853 -- THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND AND SLAVERY: Newspaper article on the Scottish "clearings" and death of Highland culture. It would be included, in part, in _Capital_ (ch.27). 1858 -- PRE-CAPITALIST ECONOMIC FORMATIONS: This monograph forms part of the _Grundrisse_, but was issued as a separate pamphlet in 1952 -- and that is how it is issued here. 1886 -- LUDWIG FEUERBACH AND THE END OF CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY: This Engels' essay examines the Hegelian/Young Hegelian high-water mark of the German school of philosophy and the contribution of philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach, who had a strong influence on Marx and Engels for a time in their twenties. 1888 -- Engels' INTRODUCTION TO "ON THE QUESTION OF FREE TRADE": Engels completed an English translation of Marx's 1848 speech on Free Trade (already in the archive); he also composed this English intro, looking at the 40 years since the speech. And, in the FIRST INTERNATIONAL subdirectory: 1868+ - Five files on the conflict between the First International and Bakunin's Alliance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BACKGROUND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The M&E library serves several functions. It provides research material and/or general reading pleasure for those interested in this epoch-shaping stream of thought. More importantly, these works are now constantly at hand and FREE (ok ok, I know you need a computer and a modem, etc., that's another story). The recent demise of Progress Publishers in Moscow means M&E texts will probably become harder to find, and most certainly more expensive -- driving the volumes out of the range of students and working people. (Progress actually pulped, that is, _destroyed_, thousands and thousands of editions. Alas.) Once transcribed, and uploaded to the net, ascii-Marx/Engels works take on lives of their own, branching off from the mainstream net into little BBS eddies about the globe, from Austria to Australia. I've happily heard from people who have found them in little local BBSs in places of which I've never heard. As most local BBS users don't have access to the Internet, I assume a great many more are getting these files, yet have not the means to tell me so. There are several people scattered about the North American continent who have volunteered to help in ascii-transription of some Marx/Engels text. Most are only _casually_ involved, so please do not think major time commitments are a requirement to help -- one chapter of one book goes a long way. If you wish to aid in this project, please contact me at zodiac@io.org, to prevent duplication of effort. The more the merrier. At any rate, I hope you find the Marx/Engels virtual library of value and enjoyment. But, enough of the background crap. To the heart of things: the files themselves! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GETTING THE FILES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are three main ways to access the M&E archives: Gopher, FTP, and Email. GOPHER When logged into your Internet account, at the prompt type: gopher csf.colorado.edu You will connect to a Boulder, Colorado, computer which will then present you an opening menu. Select/type: 12 which takes you into the Progressive Sociologist Network (PSN) menu; at this point, you will see the Marx and Engels section at number: 9 Type that, and in you go. Pick and choose among the dozens of texts available. The advantage of gopher is that it is makes it easier to use/browse the library, peek about into files; and, most importantly, gopher permits me to provide fuller file titles, so etext files can be named exactly as per the original works (as opposed to ftp listings, which have shorter names). If you decide you wish to keep a copy of a work, just hit (s)ave and it copies the file back to the home area of your account computer. You will find the full-titled gopher-file list of the complete M&E Online Library at the very end of this posting. FTP If you don't want to browse, but rather just log in and snatch the whole library no-questions-asked, screw the rodent, login by ftp, and "mget -r" the lot. FTP ("File Transfer Protocol") is a method of zapping files around the planet, from one computer to another. Assuming you have ftp capability, at the prompt, type ftp csf.colorado.edu You will connected to the remote computer and will then be asked for a login name. Type: anonymous It will then ask you for a password: type your@email.address Once in, type cd psn/Marx and you will be in the directory. Hit "ls" for a list of what files are there. Type "get " to have a file sent back to your home directory. These are all exactly the same files you would see by gophering in -- except their ftp names are invariably shorter and more cryptic looking. For instance, the _Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts_ is titled EPManuscript. EMAIL Not all Internet accounts have access to FTP or gopher. csf.colorado.edu also makes files available by mail. Fortunately, there are "ftp-by-mail" services offered by generous sites. Through ftp-by-mail, you place an "order" by email with a third computer, which then follows your instructions and logs into the computer holding the files you want (in this case csf.colorado.edu), grabs those files, then mails them to you. For details on how to work this, send an email message to either: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu ftpmail@pa.dec.com and put nothing but the word help in the body of the message itself. You will automatically be sent instructions on how to use this extremely helpful service. Note that the first listed service above seems to have a faster turn-around time. TO GET A COPY OF THE ENTIRE DIRECTORY of the short UNIX names, send email to: csfserv@csf.colorado.edu with only this in the body of the message (no signatures): list psn/Marx You may have to do a wee bit of guess work to figure out what is what. Use the full-name gopher list attached below to help match up "decode" names. Piping Marx and Engels into cyberspace... Ken. Archivist, Marx/Engels Online Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gopher Listing of M/E Online Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This menu is set up recursively, meaning, subdirectories within directories are listed. For instance, you can see that "1843 -- Letters to Arnold Ruge (M)" is really a directory, and inside it can be found three files -- namely, the three letters Marx wrote to his friend and co-editor Arnold Ruge. 1. 1837-42 -- Young Marx (before editing Rheinische Zeitung)/ 1836/11 -- Love Poems to Jenny (three). 1836/12 -- Feelings. 1836/12 -- My World. 1837/ -- Wild Songs. 1837/02 -- Transformation 2. 1842 -- Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung (M). 3. 1843 -- Letters to Arnold Ruge (M)/ Mar -- "Ship of Fools". May -- On Prussian Absolutism. Sep -- "Ruthless Criticism". 4. 1844 -- Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (M)/ 5. 1844 -- Intro to a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (M). 6. 1844 -- On The Jewish Question (M). 7. 1845 -- Theses on Feuerbach (M). 8. 1847 -- Principles of Communism (E). 9. 1847 -- The Poverty of Philosophy (M)/ A Scientific Discovery/ The Antithesis of Use Value and Exchange Value Constituted Value and Synthetic Value Application of the Law of the Proportionality of Value/ -- Money -- Surplus Labor The Metaphysics of Political Economy/ The Method Division of Labor and Machinery Competition and Monopoly Property or Ground Rent Strikes and Combinations of Workers 10. 1848 -- Communism, Revolution, and a Free Poland (M). 11. 1848 -- On The Question of Free Trade (M). 12. 1848 -- The Communist Manifesto (ME)/ Collected Prefaces of Marx and Engels/ Bourgeois and Proletarians. Proletarians and Communists. Socialist and Communist Literature. The Various Existing Opposition Parties. 13. 1849 -- Wage-Labor and Capital (M)/ Engels' 1891 Introduction. Preliminary. What Are Wages?. By What is the Price of a Commodity Determined?. By What Are Wages Determined?. The Nature and Growth of Capital. Relation of Wage-Labor to Capital. The Rise and Fall of Wages and Profits. Capital and Labor Are Diametrically Opposed. Effect of Capitalist Competition on Classes. 14. 1850 -- England's 17th c. Revolution (ME). 15. 1853 -- The Duchess of Sutherland and Slavery (M). 16. 1857 -- Intro to a Critique of Political Economy (M)/ Production. Relations of Production to Distribution.... The Method of Political Economy. Various Topics. 17. 1858 -- Pre-Capitalist Economic Formations (M)/ introduction part 1 part 2 18. 1858 -- The Grundrisse (M)/ 19. 1864 -- International Working Men's Association/ 1864 10/27 -- General Rules and Administrative Regulations . 1864 10/27 -- The Inaugural Address of the International. 1865 01/28 -- Address: Re-elected President Lincoln. 1865 02/13 -- Letter to J. B. Schweitzer. 1867 11/20 -- On the Fenian Prisoners in Manchester. 1868 05/11 -- Address: National Labor Union (US) on UK war. 1869 07/20 -- Resolution: Right of Inheritance. 1870 07/14 -- Programme for the 5th Congress. 1870 07/23 -- First Address on the Franco-Prussian War. 1870 09/09 -- Second Address on the Franco-Prussian War. 1871 05/30 -- Third Address on the Franco-Prussian War (Commune). 1871 09/20 -- Speech: Political Action and the Working Class. 1872 03/05 -- Fictitious Splits in the International (ME)/ 1872 03/05 -- Resolution(s): US Federation Split. 1872 05/ -- Notes on the "American Split". 1872 09/ -- Resolution: Working Class Parties. 1872 09/08 -- Speech: The Political Battleground. The Conflict with Bakunin (1868-72) 1868 12/15 -- Marx's Marginal Notes on Alliance Programme 1868 12/22 -- General Council Statement on Alliance 1869 03/09 -- General Council Letter to Alliance 1870 03/28 -- Confidential Circular on Alliance (M) 1871 09/18 -- Notes on Marx Speech (E) 20. 1867 -- Speech: Poland and the Russian Menace (M). 21. 1868 -- Synopsis of Marx's Capital (E)/ Introduction. Commodities and Money. The Transformation of Money into Capital. The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value. Relative.Surplus. 22. 1869 -- The Abolition of Landed Property (M). 23. 1871 -- Marx's Daughters in Post-Commune France (Jenny Marx). 24. 1871 -- New York World Interview with Marx. 25. 1871 -- The Civil War in France (M)/ Chronology. Engels' 1891 Introduction. First Address -- July 23, 1870. Second Address -- September 9, 1870. Third Address -- May 30, 1871. appendices. footnotes. 26. 1872 -- On Authority (E). 27. 1875 -- Critique of the Gotha Program. 28. 1877 -- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (E)/ 1892 Introduction/ Early Socialist Utopians. Dialectical Method. Historical Materialism. notes. 29. 1879 -- Chicago Tribune Interview with Marx. 30. 1879 -- Reformists in Germany's Social-Democratic party (ME). 31. 1882 -- Bruno Bauer and Early Christianity (E). 32. 1883 -- Engels' Speech At Karl Marx's Grave (E). 33. 1886 -- The End of Classical German Philosophy (E)/ 1888 Introduction Hegelian System vs Dialectical Method Idealism vs Materialism Feuerbach's "Idealism" Marx's "Materialism" footnotes Appendix: Theses of Feuerbach (M) 34. 1894 -- The Peasant Question in France and Germany (E)/ 35. 1895 -- Capital III: Law of Value and Rate of Profit (E)/ 36. OTHERS/ DeLeon Lenin Trotsky (Please note: Though this archive has a small DeLeon/Lenin/Trotsky section, it is not intended to store programmatic material from modern political organizations, so please don't ask. There is already exists an interesting collection of such material at etext.archive.umich.edu, maintained by Paul Southworth (pauls@umich.edu).)