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Karl Marx outlines the core principles and objectives of the Communist party in response to the growing political influence of the movement across Europe. He posits that all historical societal development is driven by class struggle and argues that modern society is increasingly divided between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

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II. PROLETARIANS AND COMMUNISTS

  1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
  1. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
  1. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
  1. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
  1. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
  1. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
  1. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
  1. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
  1. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.

Free education for all children in public

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