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The revolutionary ideas of Friedrich Engels

28 November this year marks the 200th anniversary of Engels’ birth. To commemorate this, Adam Booth discusses the vital role that Friedrich Engels played in developing the revolutionary ideas of Marxism. Alongside Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels was one of the founding fathers of ‘scientific socialism’. Though often considered as playing second fiddle to Marx, there can be no doubt of Engels’ extensive and outstanding contribution to Marxist theory. His collaboration with Marx was far from one-sided. The philosophy of Marxism – dialectical materialism – is our most powerful tool and sharpest weapon; not only in analysing the world around us, but transforming it on this basis. And with his writings such as Dialectics of Nature and Anti-Dühring, Engels helped to draw out the key principles of dialectics, which he described as “the science of the general laws of motion and development of nature, human society and thought”. The life of Friedrich Engels contains a wealth of vital lessons for those looking to continue the fight for socialism today. The greatest birthday present we can offer Engels on this bicentenary, therefore, is to learn from the incredible legacy of his life and writings, and to apply his revolutionary ideas in building the forces of Marxism worldwide.