The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: Jakob Stone

The Communist Manifesto summarizes Marx and Engels' theories concerning the nature of society and politics. They believe, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."

It also briefly features their ideas for how the capitalist society of the time would eventually be replaced by socialism. Near the end of the manifesto, the authors call for "forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions," which served as the justification for all communist revolutions around the world.

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The Communist Manifesto

Back in my school days, we heard about The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles. It was mentioned as an important piece of literature, but I remembered nothing more. Now I can say that I’ve actually listened to it.

The narration was quite well done. Clean and clear with great inflection.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

A well narrated classic

Love it or hate it, but the Communist Manifesto is an influential work that continues to resonate in the modern world and should be read if for know other reason than to better understand the ideas and motives behind a socio-political movement that has played a huge role in shaping the 20th century. This edition is well produced, and Jakob Stone does a fine job narrating. He speaks clearly and pleasantly at an easy to follow pace. Audiobooks like this make college reading so much easier.


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Quick introduction to the seeds of Communism

Every major communist Leader especially in China and Russia are a student of this work.

You can gain insight from a good performance by the Narrator as to why the beginning of this movement began
from the intellectual ideas brought forward by this work.



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A Nice Overview of the History of Power Struggles

Overall, this manual that lays bare the foundations of communism is one of the most important texts for anyone to read. Of course there’ll be the dated terminology that comes as a result of this being written in the dying embers of feudalism, but the message has remained the same since Marx & Engels first conceived of communism.

The world, since the agrarian revolution and dawn of civilization has been governed by a series of power struggles. The levers of control change consistently, but it’s clear that capitalism was a natural evolution of feudalism, and that political democracy did not carry over into the economic and material realm. Race, nationality, religion, are all things used to artificially separate ourselves from each other, and the book makes important distinctions about the fact that any socialist reform is important to pursue, as long as it’s done with the right end goal in mind.

The narration is a little quick and slightly dry, but can be slowed down, and is a good manual to get ingratiated with communism to. It’s also helpful on getting a brief understanding of the material conditions of Europe since the Middle Ages.

Excellent reading of a classic

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Whether one agrees with Marx or not, his manifesto has been one of the most important documents in modern history. To understand the ideology that has captivated so many, I think it's critical to read the foundational text.

This audiobook is a fantastic reading of Marx. The dense language flows better through audio, and the narrator did an excellent job presenting the material.