“A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. [...] The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. [...] Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”
The Communist Manifesto
A political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London in 1848. The manifesto laid out the League's purposes and program, arguing that class struggles, or the exploitation of one class by another, are the motivating force behind all historical developments.