Class Struggle

Jonathan Swift’s satirical pamphlet proposes that impoverished Irish families sell their children as food to the wealthy, exposing the cruelty of treating human lives as economic commodities. Its deadpan argument condemns the exploitation of Ireland and elite indifference to poverty, making it a landmark of political satire.

15 min reading time

This foundational political pamphlet presents history as a struggle between social classes, analyzes the rise of capitalism, and calls for workers to unite against bourgeois rule. First published in 1848, it became one of the most influential texts in the development of communist and socialist movements worldwide.

48 min reading time