Communist Manifesto

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state,  by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state;  the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement  of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries;  gradual abolition of all the distinction between town  and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools.  Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form.  Combination of education with industrial production, etc.

— Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, 1848

3 responses to “Communist Manifesto”

  1. Andy Carloff August 23, 2012 at 1:24 am

    “Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.”

    Those evil people!

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  2. Sophia Marsden September 2, 2012 at 9:01 am

    “Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?”

    You should read the whole thing, the rest of it is good.

    “The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors”, and has left no other nexus between people than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”. It has drowned out the most heavenly ecstacies of religious fervor, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom — Free Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.

    The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage laborers. “

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  3. Michael December 27, 2015 at 10:53 am

    I’ve been so demoralized since the 90s, thinking the struggle for human dignity and a life worth living had been subdued by cheap goods and moral insanity. But your suggestion of a plot that is nearing its final success has given me hope once again. Thank you.

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