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of the German Social Democratic Workers Party (the Eisenachers). It was published in

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and

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. Shortly after he became a member of the

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(SPÖ) in 1875,

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published his first contributions to ''Der Volksstaat''.

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Articles by Marx and Engels in ''Der Volksstaat''
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