The Communist Manifesto Annotated Modern Edition Of The Original Classic

This edition of Marx and Engels's revolutionary masterpiece is carefully edited and formatted to provide you with the best reading experience. We gave the original content of the book a fresh look and design that matches the expectations of the modern reader. This edition also includes: A detailed author's biography (as a final chapter) that takes you on a journey into the times and environments that shaped the writer's life. "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." The Communist Manifesto is one of the most important political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, Marx and Engels produced an incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property or a state, arguing that the exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which Capitalism is overthrown. This vision provided the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. The Communist Manifesto still remains a landmark text: a work that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class. Enjoy!

"A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism." So begins one of history's most important documents, a work of such magnitude that it has forever changed not only the scope of world politics, but indeed the course of human civilization. The Communist Manifesto was written in Friedrich Engels's clear, striking prose and declared the earth-shaking ideas of Karl Marx. Upon publication in 1848, it quickly became the credo of the poor and oppressed who longed for a society "in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all." The Communist Manifesto contains the seeds of Marx's more comprehensive philosophy, which continues to inspire influential economic, political, social, and literary theories. But the Manifesto is most valuable as an historical document, one that led to the greatest political upheaveals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and to the establishment of the Communist governments that until recently ruled half the globe. This Bantam Classic edition of The Communist Manifesto includes Marx and Engels's historic 1872 and 1882 prefaces, and Engels's notes and prefaces to the 1883 and 1888 editions.

This modern edition of the political call-to-arms whose “influence has been surpassed only by the Bible” highlights Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ prescient insights on capitalism (Guardian). A Communist Manifesto for the 21st-century reader concerned by the ever-widening wealth gap, the instability of financial markets, and the gradual destruction of the environment. In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word “capitalism” itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives. But with the outbreak of financial crisis and global recession in the twenty-first century, capitalism is once again up for discussion. The status quo can no longer be taken for granted. As Eric Hobsbawm argues in his acute and elegant introduction to this modern edition, in such times The Communist Manifesto emerges as a work of great prescience and power despite being written over a century and a half ago. He highlights Marx and Engels’s enduring insights into the capitalist system: its devastating impact on all aspects of human existence; its susceptibility to enormous convulsions and crises; and its fundamental weakness.

The text provides a translation of the "The Communist Manifesto", which was drafted on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, and is a political text of literary interest and historical insight.

This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party.

Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party, this 1848 publication was commissioned by the Communist League to outline their purposes. Penned by political theorists and social scientists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it is considered one of the most influential political texts in existence. Addressing issues of class struggle, it centers on the suffering of the working class at the hands of the bourgeoisie and calls for an end to inheritance, as well as all private property. This revolutionary short work has since provided the basis for the political systems of many different countries, with concepts like a progressive income tax and free education for citizens, and still remains a landmark text that provokes debate on class systems around the world. For more classic titles like this, visit www.diversionbooks.com/ebooks/diversion-classics

The Communist Manifesto is a political document with a certain propagandistic character written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels commissioned by the League of Communists, an international workers' association founded in London in 1847 to which they belonged. The Communist Manifesto is basically the program with which this society was made known. It was written between 1847 and 1848, and it was finished publishing on February 21, 1848 in London. The Manifesto is, after all, a treaty written in a technically very simple language, since its objective was to facilitate its reading to the working masses to which it was addressed.This edition contains the following unpublished and wonderful content: Letter from Engels to Marx, 24 November 1847, Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith, A Communist Confession of Faith, The Principles of Communism, Demands of the Communist Party in Germany, Demands of the Communist Party in Germany, The Paris Commune. Address to the International Workingmen's Association, May 1871.

This edition of the book offers easy to read format, classical cover, commentary, unabridged edition and about the authors' edition. Communism If human beings were ants this is a great system to implement. Humans are not ants, we have a mind of our own and our will. No economic system is perfect, every country needs to implement partial socialism and capitalism to ensure stability. Stability and growth is the main agenda of any governments in the world. The world has been fairly stable for over 70 years with no major world wars. Lately, a lot of countries are experiencing not so stable times. Thus increasing support for more socialism and communism has been seen in the different limelight. This is disconcerting, politicians undermining democracy with their free stuff emptying our future generations with debts. You the reader must read this book from a critical view. Remember equality means not justice. If the means of production are owned and controlled by the government. Thus the control of the government is greatly increased in an expanse of our freedom. Freedom is only understood when it is taken away from us.