1. Introduction by Jodi Dean
2. Manifesto of the Communist Party
I. Bourgeois and Proletarians
II. Proletarians and Communists
III. Socialist and Communist Literature
IV. Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing
Opposition Parties
3. Appendix: Prefaces to Various Language Editions
4. Afterword: Introduction to the 2008 Edition by David Harvey
Karl Marx (1818-1883) was Prussian-born philosopher, economist,
political theorist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary
socialist. His collaborated with Friedrich Engels in writing The
Communist Manifesto (1848). Expelled from Prussia in the same year,
Marx took up residence first in Paris and then in London where, in
1867, he published his magnum opus Capital.
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) moved to England in 1842 to work in
his father's Manchester textile firm. After joining the fight
against the counter revolution in Germany in 1848 he returned to
Manchester and the family business. In subsequent years he provided
financial support for Marx and edited the second and third volumes
of Capital. He is the author of The Condition of the Working Class
in England (1845), and co-author, with Karl Marx, of The Communist
Manifesto (1848).
'As a force for change, its influence has been surpassed only by
the Bible. As a piece of writing, it is a masterpiece'
*Guardian*
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