When Grownups Play at War or The Communist Manifesto

When Grownups Play at War: A Child's Memoir

Author: Ilona Flutsztejn Gruda

It was the last summer before the war- the war that was to change millions of lives. I was nine years old, and while the grownups talked of the tragedy to come, we children played as we always had, not realizing it would never be the same again. From a splendid blue September sky, the German planes began to drop their bombs on Poland…

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The Communist Manifesto

Author: Karl Marx

Critically and textually up-to-date, this new edition of the classic translation (Samuel Moore, 1888) features an introduction and notes by the eminent Marx scholar David McLellan, prefaces written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels subsequent to the original 1848 publication, and corrections of errors made in earlier versions. Regarded as one of the most influential political tracts ever written, The Communist Manifesto serves as the foundation document of the Marxist movement. This summary of the Marxist vision is an incisive account of the world-view Marx and Engels had evolved during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration of the previous few years.