This 45 page booklet is an invaluable introduction to the philosophical world-view of Marxism: Dialectical Materialism. Marxism, or Scientific Socialism, is the name given to the body of ideas first worked out by Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). In their totality, these ideas provide a fully worked-out theoretical basis for the struggle of the working class to attain a higher form of human society - socialism.

The study of Marxism falls under three main headings, corresponding broadly to philosophy, social history and economics—Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism and Marxist Economics. These are the famous "Three component parts of Marxism" of which Lenin wrote. The theories of Marxism provide the thinking worker with a comprehensive understanding. It is the duty of every worker and student to conquer for himself or herself the theories of Marx and Engels, as an essential prerequisite for the conquest of society by working people.

By Rob Sewell, Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin, and Frederick Engels.

45 pages.