Manifesto of the Communist Party

Manifesto of the Communist Party is one of the defining political documents of the nineteenth century and a foundational text in the history of socialism, communism, political theory, and revolutionary thought. Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for the Communist League, the manifesto presents a sweeping interpretation of history as class struggle, a critique of capitalism and bourgeois society, and a call for the political organization of the working class. Its language is urgent, compressed, and polemical, but its historical importance extends far beyond the moment of its first publication during the revolutionary year of 1848.

This Wilder Publications edition presents the manifesto as a central primary source for readers of political science, philosophy, economics, labor history, European history, revolutionary movements, and modern social thought. Whether approached as political theory, historical document, ideological statement, or literary-political rhetoric, Manifesto of the Communist Party remains essential to understanding the development of Marxism, socialism, communism, anti-capitalist critique, and the ideological conflicts that shaped the modern world.