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'''''Manifẹ́stò Ẹgbẹ́ Kómúnístì''''' (''Manifesto of the Communist Party''''') ({{langWithName|de|German|''Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei''}}), often referred to as '''''The Communist Manifesto''''', was published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's most influential [[Politics|political]] manuscripts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Seymour-Smith|first=Maerin|title=The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today|publisher=Citadel Press|location=Secaucus, NJ|date=1998}}</ref> Commissioned by the [[Communist League]] and written by [[Communism|communist]] theorists [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]], it laid out the League's purposes and program. It presents an analytical approach to the [[class struggle]] (historical and present) and the problems of capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.<ref>The Great Philosophers, by Jeremy Stangroom and James Garvey, Arcturus 2005/ 2008 ISBN 978-1-84837-018-0, pp160 UKP9.99</ref>
