Karl Marx and Communism

          Karl Marx wrote "The Communist Manifesto." He believed a class less society. Communism is a system where everyone is suppose to be equal and that no one would take advantage of anyone else. Before you reach this part, Marx believed that there would be a class trouble between the workers(proletariat) and the bosses(bourgeoisie). He believed religion was like a drug that people became addicted to and made them quiet.         

         In January 1846 Marx set up a Communist Correspondence Committee. The plan was to try and link together socialist leaders living in different parts of Europe. Influenced by Marx's ideas, socialists in England held a conference in London where they formed a new organisation called the Communist League              

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

          Karl Marx was a political philosopher. He hated the industrial revolution, he hated the child labor, he hated the long working hours, he hated the filthy slums, and he didn't like that the boss's took advantages over the workers. 

         Friedrich Engels wrote the communist manifesto in 1848 which attack capitalism with all its negative aspects. Marx liked the fact that as a result of the industrial revolution factories could produce more and more of goods for a cheaper price. Marx argued that the workers should take control of the important parts of the economy. He believed in a worldwide revolution.