The Communist Manifest

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848, is one of the most influential political documents in modern history. Framed as a call to action, the manifesto outlines the history of class struggle and presents the overthrow of capitalism by the proletariat as both inevitable and necessary. Marx and Engels argue that the bourgeoisie, through industrialization, has reshaped social relations but also laid the groundwork for its own demise and the rise of a classless society.

Since its publication, the Manifesto has served as a foundational text for revolutionary movements around the world. Its powerful rhetoric and sharp critique of economic inequality have ensured its continued relevance far beyond the 19th century. The work calls for the abolition of private property, the end of class divisions, and a radical restructuring of society based on collective ownership and equality.

The enduring significance of The Communist Manifesto lies in its bold challenge to systems of power and its vision for a more equitable future. By critiquing capitalism and proposing an alternative rooted in solidarity and justice, it remains a cornerstone of political philosophy and socialist thought.

59 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2025

About the author

With the help of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894), works, which explain historical development in terms of the interaction of contradictory economic forces, form many regimes, and profoundly influenced the social sciences.

German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin in London opposed Communism of Karl Marx with his antithetical anarchy.

Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).

The Prussian kingdom introduced a prohibition on Jews, practicing law; in response, a man converted to Protestantism and shortly afterward fathered Karl Marx.

Marx began co-operating with Bruno Bauer on editing Philosophy of Religion of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (see Democritus and Epicurus), doctoral thesis, also engaged Marx, who completed it in 1841. People described the controversial essay as "a daring and original piece... in which Marx set out to show that theology must yield to the superior wisdom." Marx decided to submit his thesis not to the particularly conservative professors at the University of Berlin but instead to the more liberal faculty of University of Jena, which for his contributed key theory awarded his Philosophiae Doctor in April 1841. Marx and Bauer, both atheists, in March 1841 began plans for a journal, entitled Archiv des Atheismus (Atheistic Archives), which never came to fruition.

Marx edited the newspaper Vorwärts! in 1844 in Paris. The urging of the Prussian government from France banished and expelled Marx in absentia; he then studied in Brussels. He joined the league in 1847 and published.

Marx participated the failure of 1848 and afterward eventually wound in London. Marx, a foreigner, corresponded for several publications of United States.
He came in three volumes. Marx organized the International and the social democratic party.

Marx in a letter to C. Schmidt once quipped, "All I know is that I am not a Marxist," as Warren Allen Smith related in Who's Who in Hell .

People describe Marx, who most figured among humans. They typically cite Marx with Émile Durkheim and Max Weber, the principal modern architects.

Bertrand Russell later remarked of non-religious Marx, "His belief that there is a cosmic ... called dialectical materialism, which governs ... independently of human volitions, is mere mythology" ( Portraits from Memory , 1956).

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Reviews

[Jay Perrone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, it was a little hard to understand at first because of the wording but I figured it out. I don't agree with everything but some things I do.

[Mica Amy Phelan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the penguin classics version, with a 270 page introduction about the political backdrop for the manifesto, the things that influenced and inspired it, and its impact on history. I would strongly recommend reading this so the text itself makes more sense.

I am very happy to have read it. In some ways, it's an antiquated text now, dated with the way it doesn't identify colonialism as a part of white bourgeoisie interests. I didn't agree with everything, and would likely call myself an anarchist rather than communist after having read this, but I feel deeply informed and ready to read further.

[Mira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of overrated

[Sammy Moorin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't like the writing style and tbh classics don't always mean good they just mean first idc argue with a wall

[tessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’ve BEEN saying this