ABSTRACT
This book is based on many years of collective work, in several steps. In 1974, I became involved in publishing a Swedish translation of the German introduction to Capital I, Zur Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie (1972) by Marx-Arbeitsgruppe Historiker. This inspired Donald Broady to write a Swedish companion booklet called Grundcirkel (1976), intended for groups studying Marxist theory. These and other interpretations of Marx's economy critique were used in independent study circles that I organised together with others in Göteborg from 1974 to 1983. In all, one hundred people took these grassroots evening courses, getting a thorough introduction to Marxist theory. In this process, I wrote extensive supplementary pedagogic materials and also summarised Volumes II and III, which were otherwise often neglected. These educational texts and activities were directed towards a general readership willing to understand the basic ideas of Marx.
