Critique of the Gotha Programme

Summary

«Critique of the Gotha Programme» is a work by Karl Marx in which he analyzes and critiques the draft programme proposed for the unification of two German workers' parties in 1875. Marx criticizes the programme's compromising nature, pointing out its shortcomings from a Marxist theoretical perspective. He emphasizes the necessity of class struggle and the dictatorship of the proletariat as a transitional phase towards communism. Marx also discusses issues of distribution, the role of the state, and the nature of labor in a socialist society, highlighting the importance of a scientific approach to building socialism. The work is a significant document demonstrating the disagreements within the socialist movement of the time and Marx's commitment to the purity of socialism's theoretical foundations.