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August Bebel
1840–1913
A skilled craftsman turned powerful speaker, he helped build Germany’s socialist movement into a major political force. His writing and public life linked workers’ rights, democracy, and a strikingly early call for equality between women and men.
5 Audiobooks
Charles Fourier: Sein Leben und seine Theorien.
by August Bebel
Woman under socialism
by August Bebel
Woman and Socialism
by August Bebel
Aus meinem Leben — Zweiter Teil
by August Bebel
Aus meinem Leben — Erster Teil
by August Bebel
About the author
Born in Deutz near Cologne in 1840, August Bebel trained as a turner and came from modest circumstances. That background shaped his politics: he rose through workers’ associations in Leipzig and became one of the best-known voices of German socialism.
Bebel co-founded the party that developed into Germany’s Social Democratic Party and remained one of its most influential leaders for decades. He served in parliament, opposed militarism and authoritarian rule, and became widely admired for his clear speeches and ability to connect political ideas to everyday working life.
He was also a writer, and his best-known book, Woman and Socialism, argued that social progress had to include women’s emancipation as well as economic justice. Bebel died in Switzerland in 1913, but his career left a lasting mark on the history of European democracy, labor politics, and socialist thought.