| − | The '''Communist Manifesto''' was written by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] in 1848. It outlines the theory of [[communism]], in which the poor violently overthrow the middle class and [[government]]. The Manifesto influenced the [[Communist Revolution]] in [[Russia]] and elsewhere, leading to the [[Cold War]] and numerous atrocities committed throughout Eastern [[Europe]], such as the [[Holodomor]] in [[Ukraine]]. Currently, [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Vietnam]], and [[Laos]] are communist countries. | + | The '''Communist Manifesto''' was written by [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] in 1848. It outlines the theory of [[communism]], in which the poor working class (proletariats) violently overthrow the middle class and [[government]] (bourgeois). The Manifesto influenced the [[Communist Revolution]] in [[Russia]] and elsewhere, leading to the [[Cold War]] and numerous atrocities committed throughout Eastern [[Europe]], such as the [[Holodomor]] in [[Ukraine]]. Currently, [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Laos]] are communist countries. |