The Communist Manifesto: Summary

In early1848, German intellectuals by the name of Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels planned for a proletarian revolution against the prevailing socio-economic gain in Europe, which they both viewed it as corrupt and in disarray. The Communist Manifesto was written by both Marx and Engels; however Marx is the primary author. Karl Marx obtained his education in law and philosophy. After receiving his degree, he realized he no longer could continue with German education and turned his focus to journalism, he was an idealist. This is when he developed his revolutionary ideas and later was forced out of Germany in 1843. In 1844, he met Friedrich Engels, and is then they found a lifelong friendship that led them to discuss intellectual projects. They …show more content…
It outlines the working class, the proletariat and the injustice of the capitalist economic system, where they get rich off the labor. Section two, paints the picture of the communism and how they are portrayed along with the benefits gained through communism. The last two chapters, three and four; deal with social movements and the support which were given to …show more content…
The diversity between those groups and the Communists are twofold: (1) the Communists center of attention was on how local struggles of such groups could be merged at the international level, and (2) other groups were weak because they did not attempt or challenge violent revolution. In the third section, the Manifesto evaluates the writing of the three divisions of the Communist. These writings were; reactionary, socialism, conservative socialism and critical socialism and communism. It was pushed by Marx that each division failed due to vital communist standards. Reactionaries and conservatives were unsuccessful because of the bourgeois eventually would fall at the hand of the proletariat, while the utopians failed to understand that social change was essential. The fourth and final section confronts the relationship of the Communist party and how the communists aim at the proletarian revolution and the strive for consistency in working with unfriendliness parties to continue in order to achieve it. Marx and the communist believed that history goes through stages of social change and the proletariat (capitalism) would ensure the overthrow of the bourgeoisie at the hand of the proletariat thus reigning in a new era of socialism and communism. Throughout the Manifesto, workers were