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German philosopher and social scientist (1820 to 1895); co-author of The Communist Manifesto.

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5 dated positions, c. 1848, in their own words. Our reading of what Friedrich Engels has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingWorkers have no country, so communists cannot take one from them

    Their wordsThe working men have no country. We cannot take from them what they have not got.

    ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book

  3. Our readingThe dominant ideas of every age have always been the ideas of its ruling class

    Their wordsThe ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

    ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book

  5. Our readingBourgeois socialists want existing society without its revolutionary elements, a bourgeoisie without a proletariat

    Their wordsThey desire the existing state of society minus its revolutionary and disintegrating elements. They wish for a bourgeoisie without a proletariat.

    ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book

  7. Our readingAs class struggle develops, utopian socialism's standing apart from it loses all practical value and justification

    Their wordsIn proportion as the modern class struggle develops and takes definite shape, this fantastic standing apart from the contest, these fantastic attacks on it, lose all practical value and all theoretical justification.

    ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book

  9. Our readingCommunist aims can be reached only by forcibly overthrowing all existing social conditions

    Their wordsThe Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.

    ↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org All 36 from this book