Sunday, January 27, 2013

Unit 7 Content



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Communist Manifesto (click on title to access link)
  • Questions to Communist Manifesto:
Complete the following questions:
1. Who is the bourgeoisie? Who is the proletariat? How do they interact in capitalist society? What is the   
     role of capital in society? Of labor?
2. What are the objectives of communism?
3. What is the authors' conception of a socialist state? How does this state compare to the United States
     government today?
4. The two most famous quotes from this influential book are:
  • "A specter is haunting Europe -- the specter of Communism," and,
  • "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!"
Choose one of the quotations and explain what the authors mean. Why do you think people have focused on these quotes?