This little book was first published 160 years ago on 21st February 1848.
The world has not stopped listening to it ever since.
Thanks to Marxists Internet archives, you can actually now listen to the audio.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 & 4
Watch an animated version of the book.
Related Post: Re- reading the Communist Manifesto
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10 responses so far ↓
masterofdungeons // February 24, 2008 at 5:42 pm |
wow
readerswords // February 24, 2008 at 7:21 pm |
@masterofdungeons: ya
rahul banerjee // February 26, 2008 at 1:41 pm |
as epochmaking as the bible and quran have been in their time and equally able to command unquestioning faith. its a pity its spirit got ossified even faster than the other two. possibly because it was much ahead of its time.
160 Years Ago in February « The Blog and the Bullet // February 29, 2008 at 10:01 am |
[...] by Jack Stephens on February 29, 2008 Bhupinder blogs: This little book was first published 160 years ago on 21st February [...]
RonF // February 29, 2008 at 12:48 pm |
The world has not stopped listening to it ever since
Tragically true.
readerswords // February 29, 2008 at 7:40 pm |
@rahul: I tend to agree that it was ahead of its time. A re- reading especially is enlightening – and seems so contemporary- when seen in context of the current wave of globalizations.
RonF: tragically, comically or thankfully depends on one’s perspective, though I’d say that even those who have been/ are unsympathetic to Marx and Marxism will find many an insight in the book.
Nice to see you again « Entitled to an Opinion // March 4, 2008 at 12:27 am |
[...] completely unrelated news, via the Distributed Republic I find an animated version of the Communist Manifesto. [...]
jsabotta // March 5, 2008 at 12:12 am |
It’s typical that this Commie bullshit can only be put together by stealing other people’s work, since Communism, like Fascism, is everywhere the ideology of the resentful incompentant and the thief who wants theft defined inhigh-sounding words.
teageegeepea // March 6, 2008 at 2:16 am |
Are you telling me you believe in intellectual property, Sabotta? Now I’m trying to remember which side Spooner was on and which one Tucker was. I say that intellectual property is socialism. I think I’ll wait to argue that with you after evolution.
anish // April 1, 2008 at 11:57 pm |
This animation is really great! Makes something as supposedly ‘heavy’ as the Communist Manifesto so much fun
What an accurate critique of Capitalism.. Feels as if it was written yesterday! Thanks for sharing