A multimedia introduction to The Communist Manifesto

“All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority.”

This video is meant to be used in group discussion of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It has a brief overview section, then 3 main sections, each divided into 2 parts of 10 to 15 minutes each. The video’s outline appears at 3 min and 27 sec.

OUTLINE

I. ELEMENTS

a. Reflections on Motion & Change (at 0:07:17)

b. Socio-economic Classes (at 0:15:34)

II. DYNAMICS

a. Class Struggle (at 0:26:20)

b. Human Productive Forces & Revolutionary Change (at 0:45:53)

III. EMERGING

a. Birth of the Communist Manifesto (at 0:58:50)

b. Class Consciousness (at 1:05:57)

Thanks to Zachary Robinson for giving us permission to post his project here

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