An important work by Marx summarizing the historical experience of the proletarian revolution in Paris and elaborating on the doctrines of the class struggle, the state, the proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat. Written in April–May 1871, published in London in form of a single edition in mid-June 1871, and in European countries and the United States in 1871–1872. In 1891, when a German memorial edition was published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Paris Commune, Engels proofread the translation and wrote an introduction…
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