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Page 1: Communist Manifesto Communist Manifesto “ A spectre is haunting Europe.......” all prior history - “ the history of class struggles’ ancient, medieval,

Communist Communist ManifestoManifesto

“ “ A spectre is haunting Europe.......”A spectre is haunting Europe.......”

all prior history - “ the history of class all prior history - “ the history of class struggles’struggles’

ancient, medieval, modern reveal ancient, medieval, modern reveal class struggleclass struggle

struggle now focused on two struggle now focused on two antagonistic classes - bourgeoisie and antagonistic classes - bourgeoisie and proletariansproletarians

bourgeoisie - product of revolutions in bourgeoisie - product of revolutions in commerce, industry, global commerce, industry, global expansion of marketsexpansion of markets

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BourgeoisieBourgeoisieBourgeoisie has destroyed all Bourgeoisie has destroyed all earlier feudal relations - only cash earlier feudal relations - only cash nexus remains; brutal exploitationnexus remains; brutal exploitation

family, religion, law - all reflect family, religion, law - all reflect exchange valuesexchange values

constant change in modes of constant change in modes of production characteristic of production characteristic of bourgeois erabourgeois era

world market created - world market created - globalization today?globalization today?

remake world in bourgeois imageremake world in bourgeois image

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Bourgeoisie and Bourgeoisie and PropertyProperty

concentration of property, concentration of property, means of production in hands of means of production in hands of bourgeoisiebourgeoisie

new productive forces new productive forces unleashed by Industrial unleashed by Industrial Revolution undermined feudal Revolution undermined feudal political economypolitical economy

excess in production, threat to excess in production, threat to bourgeoisie - solution: destroy bourgeoisie - solution: destroy productive forces; new marketsproductive forces; new markets

development of bourgeois development of bourgeois dominated world gives rise to dominated world gives rise to proletariansproletarians

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ProletariansProletarians

laborers who sell themselves piece-laborers who sell themselves piece-meal - a commodity; an appendage meal - a commodity; an appendage of the machineof the machine

increasing exploitation of proletarian increasing exploitation of proletarian - diminishing wages; ever more - diminishing wages; ever more miserable conditionsmiserable conditions

lower middle class sucked down into lower middle class sucked down into proletariatproletariat

struggle begins against bourgeoisie - struggle begins against bourgeoisie - trade unions are formedtrade unions are formed

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Proletarians - New Proletarians - New ClassClassproletarian legislative gains; proletarian legislative gains; enlightened elements of bourgeoisie enlightened elements of bourgeoisie join proletariat in their strugglejoin proletariat in their struggle

proletariat now defined as a truly proletariat now defined as a truly revolutionary classrevolutionary class

proletarian has been stripped of proletarian has been stripped of property, family, nationality. Law, property, family, nationality. Law, morality, religion appear simply as morality, religion appear simply as bourgeois prejudicesbourgeois prejudices

proletarians now represent vast proletarians now represent vast majority - revolution inevitable; majority - revolution inevitable; bourgeoisie overthrownbourgeoisie overthrown

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Proletarians and Proletarians and CommunistsCommunistsbourgeoisie produce their own bourgeoisie produce their own grave-diggersgrave-diggers

communists represent the communists represent the international proletariatinternational proletariat

communists most advanced communists most advanced segment of the working class; their segment of the working class; their aim: seize political poweraim: seize political power

communists desire to abolish communists desire to abolish bourgeois propertybourgeois property

capital is a collective product and capital is a collective product and must become a social powermust become a social power

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Communism and Communism and SocietySociety

communism abolishes the system communism abolishes the system where labor exists simply to where labor exists simply to increase capital - now labor widens increase capital - now labor widens and enriches the existence of and enriches the existence of laborerlaborer

human person regains his/her sense human person regains his/her sense of individuality - end to alienationof individuality - end to alienation

labor no longer subjugated to capitallabor no longer subjugated to capital

bourgeois notions of law, culture, bourgeois notions of law, culture, marriage, family, education, marriage, family, education, replaced by new communist mode replaced by new communist mode of social relationsof social relations

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Communism and Communism and NationalityNationality

““The working men have no country”The working men have no country”

hostility between nations will cease as hostility between nations will cease as a consequence of proletarian victorya consequence of proletarian victory

man’s consciousness changes with man’s consciousness changes with every change in the conditions of his every change in the conditions of his material existencematerial existence

ideology reflects the dominance of the ideology reflects the dominance of the ruling classruling class

communism abolishes all “eternal communism abolishes all “eternal truths” - radical rupture with truths” - radical rupture with traditional ideastraditional ideas

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New Communist WorldNew Communist World

all instruments of production all instruments of production centralized in Statecentralized in State

property, banks, land, property, banks, land, transportation, factories,transportation, factories,

education - free for alleducation - free for all

working class abolishes its working class abolishes its own supremacy as a classown supremacy as a class

state will wither awaystate will wither away

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Reactionary SocialismReactionary Socialismfeudal socialism and petty bourgeois feudal socialism and petty bourgeois socialism rejected by Marx and Engelssocialism rejected by Marx and Engels

bourgeois socialism - reformist. bourgeois socialism - reformist. Socialism without revolution. “a Socialism without revolution. “a bourgeoisie without a proletariat”bourgeoisie without a proletariat”

Marx also rejects utopian socialism as Marx also rejects utopian socialism as represented by Saint-Simon, Fourier, represented by Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Owen - yet, critical elements shape and Owen - yet, critical elements shape consciousness of working classconsciousness of working class

communists form alliances with communists form alliances with progressive groups. Germany - progressive groups. Germany - bourgeois then proletarian revolutionbourgeois then proletarian revolution

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