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The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

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The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in 1848.

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Introduction and Section 1, Bourgeois and Proletarians (Part 1)
Section 1, Bourgeois and Proletarians (Part 2)
Section 2, Proletarians and Communists
Section 3, Socialist and Communist Literature
Section 4, Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

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II. Proletarians and Communists
III. Socialist and Communist Literature
IV. Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

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