Annotate the Text

Marx’s vision of the social consequences of modern industrial development has had controversial and far-reaching effects in global politics and thought. Annotating texts on MARXdown can provide readers with an accessible online space for ongoing engagement with Marx’s radical critique.

• Step 1: Sign up for a free hypothes.is account by clicking here.

• Step 2: Learn how to quickly annotate texts like those on MARXdown using hypothes.is by clicking here.

• Step 3: Take a moment to read The MARXdown Style Guide for Annotations before you begin annotating.

• Step 4: Now it’s time to read a couple annotations for context! Navigate to Ch. 1 in the reading edition of Capital Vol. 1 on this site by clicking here.

• Step 5: While viewing Ch. 1, open the hypothes.is tab in the upper right [<] and sign in. Scroll Ch. 1 to see in-text highlights and read extant “Public” annotations and page notes.

• Step 6: Start annotating! Add your annotation or page notes to any chapter or enrich another annotation by replying to it, with the goal of contributing to a public, media-layered edition of Marx’s text.