SCUM Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto is strongly influenced by the history of class struggle and social differences throughout history. Marx said that history is only a timeline of class struggle, set apart from the change in style of production. The book is about the conflict between the Proletariat and the Bourgeois, the troubled and the bully. However, this is not a new idea and Marx is really not all that radical. Aristotle wrote, “Those who have too much of the goods of fortune, strength, wealth, friends

means of production, and is one where there is no private ownership because it is under the control of the communities or the state. Since its proposal in 1848 by German Philosophers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in their book, “The Communist Manifesto”, there are many who have been influenced by the writings of Marx and Engels. This has led to many revolutions and establishments of governments with the “communist ideals” of peace, solidarity, and labour. The communists of today do not have to

with in society. Some people embraced the changes, others resisted the developments, and still others fell somewhere in between. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s piece, “The Futurist Manifesto”, embraces the rapid transformation of society. His world is composed of fast, powerful machines and strong, young citizens. The Manifesto also depicts an aggressive, violent, and unjust world that is devoid of any morals. Edgar Rice Burroughs is another author whose work, A Princess of Mars, addresses the future

Russian Working Conditions in the 19th Century Karl Marx drafted The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels in the mid-19th century after living in Moscow and seeing the strife of laborers there. The document was a reflection on the two men’s belief that the wealthier members of society were exploiting the working class. From his experience in Russian society, Marx became concerned with the way that the majority of the “proletariat” class was living. The filthy and inhumane working conditions

working-class and raising ideas on how to bring reform. Engels friend and life-long work partner Karl Marx in 1844 in Paris, France. Together, Marx and Engel, while establishing modern Communism and Socialism, crafted the Communist Manifesto, among other things. The Communist Manifesto, published in February of 1848, attempts to explain the goals of Communism, Marx's and Engel's solution to the struggles and exploitations of each class by the other classes. This work is undoubtedly the most influential piece

idealized version of child labor and industrialization and argue that children should be a source of cheap labor to reduce the cost of production and be separated based on sex. Many other sources such as Dronke’s “Excerpts from Berlin” and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels juxtapose this interpretation. The conflicting viewpoints of industrialization and gender roles will hence be analyzed in relation to the engraving and child labor in Germany in the 1800s. The industrial revolution

their identities. Andre Breton kindled the movement with his surrealist manifesto, guiding surrealists after him; Breton’s view of Freudian subconscious and his call for the elimination of reason & societal norms resulted in sexual awakening, depiction of male fantasies and overtly sexualized female figures. Rene Magritte, depicted the male gaze, the perception of the female in society and the objectification

human being. They argue that because society is putting in all of its effort to compete with each other so that production becomes a competition, people lose their sense of living, the sense of themselve, their “species being.” In the Communist Manifesto, they argue, “The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of

In André Breton’s Manifeste du surréalisme, the ways in which Surrealism can be applied to both the artistic realm and everyday life are explored, as well as the importance placed on dreams. Breton believed in “la résolution future de ces deux états, en apparence si contradictoires, que sont le rêve et la realité, en une sorte de réalité absolue, du surréalité” (Breton and Bonnet, 1988). Based on the assumption that Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí wished to remain loyal to Breton’s definition of Surrealism

Karl Marx’s Views on Family Ethics Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Karl Marx devoted much of his time to the study of morality, better known as ethics. Karl Marx was a firm believer in Communism and he authored the Communist Manifesto, along with Frederick Engels. Family ethics is an issue dealt with by Karl Marx in his teachings and writings. According to Marx and his co-author, Engels, morality is the slave of interest. Moral codes and ethics are believed to be dependent