Project Gutenberg 2010-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 1372 Marx, Karl 1818 1883 Marx, Heinrich Karl Marx, Carlos Engels, Friedrich 1820 1895 Engels, Frederick Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei. English Manifesto of the Communist Party Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto Produced by Al Haines, from images obtained from The Internet Archive. "Manifesto of the Communist Party" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is a political pamphlet written in the mid-19th century. This seminal work serves as the foundational text for the modern communist movement and outlines the theoretical and practical framework for the struggle of the proletariat against the bourgeois class. The book traces the history of class struggles throughout human history and asserts that the rise of communism is a necessary outcome of the evolving socio-economic landscape. The manifesto begins by depicting a world haunted by the specter of communism and calls upon the working class to unite and overthrow their chains of oppression. It discusses the evolution from feudalism to capitalism, emphasizing the inherent contradictions within capitalist society that lead to economic crises and the exploitation of workers. Marx and Engels critique various forms of socialism that were prevalent at the time, positioning communism as the revolutionary movement dedicated to abolishing private property and establishing a classless society. The text concludes with a rallying cry for workers of the world to unite, asserting that they have nothing to lose but their chains and a world to win, encapsulating the revolutionary spirit and goals of the communist movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Socialism Communism HX Text Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 130604 2025-06-12T17:24:18.099485 text/html 121520 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 42105 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130152 2025-06-12T17:24:24.590450 application/epub+zip 131061 2025-06-12T17:24:21.490481 application/epub+zip 105539 2025-06-12T17:24:20.255468 application/epub+zip 267544 2025-06-12T17:24:26.831458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256597 2025-06-12T17:24:23.804473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219788 2022-09-14T10:42:20.063251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114471 2025-06-12T17:24:17.678514 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114439 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 40597 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 114428 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40572 2021-01-06T03:48:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21910 2025-06-12T17:24:26.986452 application/rdf+xml 14854 2025-06-12T17:24:20.813459 image/jpeg 3598 2025-06-12T17:24:20.532464 image/jpeg 130833 2025-06-12T17:24:18.111486 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia de.wikipedia en.wikipedia