The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)

Didn't work. 100 Million + people died.

Very disappointing that I have to buy this product. Marxs would be very upset.

This strips communism of all the modern political rhetoric and gives a compelling look at the historical heart of the movement that is so demonized today. Marx and Engels weren't devils incarnate, they were bleeding heart optimists who dared to believe in a world where men with less aren't slaves to men with more. It's an ideology not fit for our imperfect world, but it's still nice to dream.

The book functions as it's supposed to: there are words on paper which can be read. However, Communism is a terrible idea, which is why I gave it one star.One must buy this book, if only to prevent others from buying it and wasting their money (or worse: becoming brainwashed).WOLVERINES!!!!

The theological secular horror of our time. CIA Director John Brennen voted Communist. This should tell you something about the United States but you will only understand the current chaos of the US if you read the Manifesto, then read it again, and then reread the Manifesto. Annihilate all morality and all religion, establish Free Trade, Centralized all communication by the government, establish Democracy, annihilate Justice, Liberty, and Freedom all to support the New Jerusalem and monopoly of the World Market. Eliminate nationality, family and eliminate borders. Overturn and destroy the existing state of things! In the Manifesto the proletariat becomes more and more 'equalized', meaning reduced to nothing, powerlessness, silenced, in the scripted struggle. This is the real meaning behind the lie of Utopianism Marxist try to sell to people. No one person has more power than the other. You are all silenced and equalized. Think about that for two seconds and ponder the horror. Who has say in the Communist Marxist system? Only the bankers. Not even a billionaire like Trump cannot change the system in the US, so now you have some perspective your Marxist Neo Liberal professor did not give you. Marxism is based on One Totalitarian Government. Communism is a theological creation sold in a secular package to ideologues who don't read or understand Marx's theology.

Got my copy and pages 9 through 40 are inverted and upside down. The entire book is goofed up because of this. I'm not pleased.

5/5 for product quality: The product quality is excellent. Very well designed cover and well formatted interior.The Communist Manifesto is an interesting book with some profound insights. The Manifesto is a great introduction to the technological view of history, which is what Marx's historical materialism is based on. For Marx, the improvement of technology and the increase in productivity is what will ultimately cause the separation of society into only two classes: proletarians and bourgeoisie. Given the current debate over the rise of automation and AI, the loss of jobs due to technological advancements, and possible need to implement universal basic income, Marx's technological view of history outlined in the Manifesto is as relevant as ever. Worth a read although Marx is clearly wrong about a lot of things (e.g. his belief that all conflicts is caused by class conflicts).The book includes two translations of the Manifesto as well as Marx's speech on the question of free trade and the first section of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.

After reading this "Manifesto" it becomes incredibly difficult to understand why anybody in their right mind would want to be a communist. This book is poorly written, shows the authors lack of intellect and inability to understand basic human nature. Obviously their minds never matured past the adolescent stage. However simpletons world wide have flocked to this idiotic ranting, expecting socialism to work. So if you see a "Socialist" take pity on them for they are dim witted and know not what they do.

Gifted to a friend; however he was shocked to find a phone screen protector instead of a much anticipated communist manifesto, so I can only imagine that someone is walking round with a communist manifesto on the front of their phone- 10/10 would distribute communist propaganda again

An interesting and important book that i dont agree with (hence the 1 star rating) but if you want to understand the enemy then read what they've written.

A glimpse into the mind of the devil. Read and understand the evil ideology that has gripped our world for hundreds of years, killed 100 million people, and continues to drag our societies into the bowels of degeneracy.

Firstly, I agree with others that this unusually brief book is not that easy to read. I have thehardback copy and at £7 for a mere twenty pages, it is a little over priced I have to say!The book is essentially about the class war between the capitalists and the labour force - the Bourgeois and Proletarians.The opening third delves into history and sets out its case for a fairer deal for the labour force. The middle sets out very briefly what Communism does and how it will work. The last third looks at various forms of socialism that has been tried in the past and why they failed.Of the eye-openers are the ownership of all properties and land by the Communist state. I presume that they would take ownership of your home and then charge you rent to live there!Abolition of inheritance – everything goes to the state!Confiscation of property owned by emigrants – that would go down well in our multi- cultural society wouldn’t it?Frankly, Communism just hates anyone who makes money off of a labour force – no matter how well they’re paid and how that income improves their lives. Not to mention of course capitalism and entrepreneurs provide the jobs we all need to make life worthwhile.Nowhere in this book does it say how the party are going raise the money needed to do all the things a normal Government needs to do. Other than expand factories, take to the countryside, and bring women into the workforce. Unfortunately, they didn’t take into consideration the technological age and the fact that factories might close or some products may fall out of fashion for lots of reasons, or that a single machine might collect potatoes in the fields and replace a hundred labourers?It’s said that this book is one of he most important written. I don’t know who said that but I won’t be taking any notice of him / her in the future and that's for sure!

Book is not written by karl marx, instead it talk about the original book. Alao, intriduces Karl marx and his associate, and kind of prologue of several edition of the same book published in different languages in different countrues. So, not a continuius read, inatead a picemeal appriach. To sum up, content is different from the original book.