Manifesto of the Communist Party

It was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels from late 1847 to early 1848 at the invitation of the "Communist League" (Bund der Kommunisten) to form their program. First published on February 21, 1848, a few days before the February Revolution in Paris February 24, 1848. The text, although only 23 pages long, is by far the most influential political text since the Declaration of the Rights of...