The Communist Manifesto / The Communist Manifesto 150 Years Later [Paperback]

Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author), Ellen Meiksins Wood (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0853459363 | ISBN-13: 978-0853459361 | Publication Date: December 1, 1998

This definitive edition of the Communist Manifesto, prepared for its 150th anniversary, includes a foreword by Marxist scholar Paul M. Sweezy, co-editor of Monthly Review, the full text of the Communist Manifesto, in a distinctive and pleasing hand-set typeface, the important catechism Principles of Communism, drafted by Engels in 1847 as a basis for the Manifesto, and "The Communist Manifesto After 150 Years," a far-reaching interpretive essay by Ellen Meiksins Wood, co-editor of Monthly Review.

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Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) were German-born social philosophers who lived much of their lives in England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853459363
• ISBN-13: 978-0853459361
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #619,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to Communism., May 14, 1999

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This is *THE* book to read if you wish to learn what Communism is about, not the Stalinist perversions of Karl's system. To all the Capitalist ignoramuses out there, read this and other works of Marx and find out how wrong, and in fact, how idiotic your assertion is that Marxism failed because of the failure of the Soviet Union, which was a peversion of Marxism created by Stalin. Being one read on the works of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky, I know that True Communism, and the struggle to achieve the same, is the exact opposite of everything these tyrannical systems were. Even Lenin and Trotsky themselves realized that Stalinism was a step backwards from Communism, and needed to be stopped. It's really sad you can't accept facts that contradict your view of Socialism being wicked and evil, and can only listen to assumption-based and ignorance-based claims that Totalitarianism is the only system that can come from Socialist struggle, and that Socialism, and that Socialism is somehow supposedly anti-freedom. Socialism is anti-exploitation. Socialism is anti-domination. Socialism is anti-totalitarianism. This is what Socialism is about, and this is what Marx was about.