The Communist Manifesto
For much of the twentieth century, The Communist Manifesto was accepted as doctrine by those living under Communist rule as well as by those caught up in the fervor of revolutionary political activity, while others considered it a piece of propaganda of interest mainly to scholars of political history and international relations. But the Manifesto is really an extended set of provocative answers to questions about Communism, which emerged in the 1840s as a new vision of history and the nature of humans as historical beings, determined in all aspects by the material conditions of society.
The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party, was recognised as one of the world's most influential political documents.
This pamphlet presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the conflicts of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.
The Manifesto reflects an attempt to explain the goals of Communism, as well as the theory underlying this movement.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: History's Most Important Political Document
Marxism in a Nutshell
The Annotated Communist Manifesto
Preamble
Part I: Bourgeois and Proletarians
Part II: Proletarians and Communists
Part III: Socialist and Communist Literature
Part IV: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties
Additional Materials
Afterword: Is the Manifesto Still Relevant?
Appendix A
A Prefaces from Later Editions
The 1872 German Edition
The 1882 Russian Edition
The 1883 German Edition
The 1888 English Edition
Appendix B
Engel's The Principles of Communism
Appendix C
Other Writings by Marx and Engels
Marx on Alienation
Demands of the Communist Party in Germany, March 1848
The Materialist Conception of History
History and Revolution
Colonialism, Racism, Slavery, and the Origins of Capitalism
On the Irish Question
The Paris Commune
The Transition to Communism
The Realm of Necessity and the Realm of Freedom
Women's Oppression and Women's Liberation
The Emergence of Classes and the State
Marx's Legacy