Prefaces to the Communist Manifesto
Prefaces to different editions of the Communist Manifesto. While often ignored, the 1872 preface is notable in that it explicitly revises Marx and Engel's position on a state-led transition to socialism following the 1871 Paris Commune. The 1882 preface to the Russian Edition is also notable due to its emphasis on the potential for the Russian Obschina to be the basis for communism (i.e. without a transition from…
