The Communist Manifesto By Coauthors, Karl Marx And Frederick Engels

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The Communist Manifesto was first published in 1848 by coauthors, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Marx and Engels believed that society had always made the different classes clash, and that society would continue unless the lower class, the proletariats, rose up. The upper class, or bourgeoisie, according the authors had only made new social classes. It was a new era of oppression placed upon the lower class. However, with the growing number of people in the lower class it made it possible for power to be given to the lower class. Communist’s goal was to overthrow the upper class. They believed that only when the political power is given to the lower class, will they set the world free of oppression. Mark and Engels stated that they believe