The Communist Manifesto

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1. (1848) A book in which Karl Marx (see also Marx) and Friedrich Engels proclaimed the principles of communism. It ends, “Workers of the world, unite.”

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The Communist Manifesto

And he doesn’t seem to think too hard about any of his controversial decisions: He had a copy of Mein Kampf, he said, simply because he collects “historic books,” including The Communist Manifesto.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2026

Marx and Friedrich Engels were the authors of "The Communist Manifesto," which was published in 1848.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2021

By which I mean that as with the best polemics − The Communist Manifesto or A Modest Proposal are other examples − the central idea is encapsulated in its heading.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015

This helps to explain that remarkable paean Marx and Engels offer up to the bourgeoisie at the start of The Communist Manifesto – the iconoclastic merchants transforming markets and destroying the old "society of orders".

From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2013

They were the first to publish the English translation of The Communist Manifesto, written by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling