The Communist Manifesto – Engels Friedrich (2014)

This English-language edition of The Communist Manifesto presents Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ revolutionary call to the working classes, edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones. After four years of collaboration, Marx and Engels developed an incisive account of Communism, envisioning a society without classes, private property or a state and arguing that the exploitation of industrial workers would eventually lead to a revolution overthrowing capitalism. Their vision provided the theoretical basis for political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe and affected the lives of millions. The text remains an influential landmark that continues to provoke debate about capitalism and class. Gareth Stedman-Jones provides an extensive introduction examining its place in history and continuing relevance as a depiction of global capitalism. This edition uses Samuel Moore’s 1888 translation and includes notes, an index and a guide to further reading. It also contains biographical information about Marx and Engels and a recommendation of Marx’s Capital.