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Manifesto of the Communist Party

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Marx and Engels' concise account of class struggle, capitalist development, proletarian politics, and the communist program.

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Written / first published
1848
Format
Pamphlet
Difficulty
Introductory
Language
English
Edition
Samuel Moore translation prepared with Friedrich Engels, 1888
Sections
5

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  1. Prefaces to the Language Editions
  2. Preamble and Chapter I: Bourgeois and Proletarians
  3. Chapter II: Proletarians and Communists
  4. Chapter III: Socialist and Communist Literature
  5. Chapter IV: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties