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Events on Thursday 1 June 1848 1
1848 – 1849Revolutions of 1848 and Neue Rheinische ZeitungPolitical activism during the Springtime of NationsAs revolutions swept Europe in 1848, Marx returned to Cologne and founded the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, a radical newspaper supporting democratic and working-class causes during the German revolution. The paper was suppressed by Prussian authorities in May 1849, and Marx was expelled from Prussia, forcing him first back to Paris and then permanently to London later that year.