A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.
A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have formed a holy alliance to drive out this spectre. They include the Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police spies.
Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as Communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the Opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of Communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?
What opposition party has not been denounced as Communist by its opponents in power? What opposition has not, in return, branded more radical opposition parties and its reactionary enemies as Communist?
Two things result from this fact.
Two things follow from this fact.
I. Communism is already acknowledged by all European Powers to be itself a Power.
1. All European powers already recognize Communism as a power in its own right.
II. It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a Manifesto of the party itself.
2. It is high time for Communists to openly share their views, aims, and intentions with the whole world. And they should counter the fairy tale of the Spectre of Communism with the party’s own Manifesto.
To this end, Communists of various nationalities have assembled in London, and sketched the following Manifesto, to be published in the English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish languages.
For this purpose, Communists of various nationalities have gathered in London and drafted the following Manifesto. It will be published in English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish.