Introducing The Communist Manifesto

Introduction to Marxism for beginners. Deals with concepts of "dialectical materialism", ideology and class struggles. Discusses also historical predictions of the theory and a critical appraisal suggesting possible reasons why Communism was not adopted in the developed west. Concentrates on the first part of the Manifesto.

0:00 Class struggles
2:40 Historical
4:15 Materialism
6:20 Bourgeois takeover
10:06 Bourgeois tyranny
12:38 Proletarian development
13:57 Non-proletarian support
17:06 Bourgeois unfit to rule
18:41 Communist program
20:14 Critical issues