<B>The unabridged versions of these definitive works are now available together in this highly designed jacketed hardcover with an introduction by<I> Marx in Soho</I> actor Bob Weick.</B><BR/><BR/> Considered to be one of the most influential political writings, <B><I>The Communist Manifesto</I></B> is as relevant today as when it was originally published. This <B>pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels</B>, published in 1884 as revolutions were erupting across Europe, discusses class struggles and the problems of a capitalist society.<BR/><BR/> After being exiled to London, Marx published the first part of <B><I>Das Kapital</I></B>, <B>a theoretical text that argues that capitalism will create greater and greater division in wealth and welfare</B> and ultimately be replaced by a system of common ownership of the means of production. After Marx’s death, Engels completed and published the second and third parts from his colleague’s notes.<BR/>