Their trends and to confront the old wives tale of a communist specter with a manifesto of their own party To this end,Ĭommunists of various nationalities have foregathered in London and have drafted the following manifesto, which will be published in English, French, German, Italian, Flemish, and Danish BOURGEOIS AND PROLETARIANS It is time for the communists to make an open proclamation of their outlook, their aims, Two things may be deduced from this Communism is already acknowledged by all the European powers to be itself a power 2
Where is the opposition party which has not hurled back this scandalous charge of communism in the teeth of its adversaries, whether progressive or reactionary? Metternich 2nd Guizot, French radicals, and German police Where is the opposition party that has not been stigmatized as a communist by those who wield power? A SPECTRE haunts Europe the specter of communism All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance in order to lay this specter pope and tsar,
