Marx Today

John Sitton is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

"This is a good, succinct, useful, timely, readable volume on Marx and Marxism. Clearly, Sitton has full command of Marx, Marxism, critiques of Marx and Marxism, and political economy in general. The collected pieces are a great mix and they nicely capture Marx's work and some of the secondary literature. It will be a wonderful tool for teaching Marx, Marxism, and political economy." - Mark Mattern, Professor of Political Science, Baldwin-Wallace College and Co-Editor of New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture "And as the crisis deepens, there will be significant interest in a work like this. I don't know about the U.S. but I've read about increased sales of Marx's Capital in Europe. That is likely to happen here and this will be a valuable companion to it." - August Nimtz, Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota

• Introduction Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) 'Speech on Free Trade' (1847), with Engels's Introduction of 1888 'Preface' to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) 'Value, Price, and Profit' (1865) Selection from The Civil War in France (1871) 'Critique of the Gotha Programme' (1875) Recent Marxian Arguments 'Why Socialism?'; Albert Einstein 'Deconstructing Capitalism as a System'; F.Block 'The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union'; H.Hartmann 'Marx and the Environment'; J.B.Foster 'Revolutionizing Spirituality: Reflections on Marx and Religion'; J.Brentlinger 'Where Do Postmodernists Come From?'; T.Eagleton