Section II has made clear the relations of the Communists to the\u00a0existing working-class parties, such as the Chartists in England\u00a0and the Agrarian Reformers in America.<\/p>\r\n
The Communists fight for the attainment of the immediate aims,\u00a0for the enforcement of the momentary interests of the working\u00a0class; but in the movement of the present, they also represent\u00a0and take care of the future of that movement. In France the\u00a0Communists ally themselves with the Social-Democrats, against the\u00a0conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the\u00a0right to take up a critical position in regard to phrases and\u00a0illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution.<\/p>\r\n
In Switzerland, they support the Radicals, without losing sight\u00a0of the fact that this party consists of antagonistic elements,\u00a0partly of Democratic Socialists, in the French sense, partly of\u00a0radical bourgeois.<\/p>\r\n
In Poland, they support the party that insists on an agrarian\u00a0revolution as the prime condition for national emancipation, that\u00a0party which fomented the insurrection of Cracow in 1846.<\/p>\r\n
In Germany, they fight with the bourgeoisie whenever it acts in a\u00a0revolutionary way, against the absolute monarchy, the feudal\u00a0squirearchy, and the petty bourgeoisie.<\/p>\r\n
But they never cease, for a single instant, to instil into the\u00a0working class the clearest possible recognition of the hostile\u00a0antagonism between bourgeoisie and proletariat, in order that the\u00a0German workers may straightaway use, as so many weapons against\u00a0the bourgeoisie, the social and political conditions that the\u00a0bourgeoisie must necessarily introduce along with its supremacy,\u00a0and in order that, after the fall of the reactionary classes in\u00a0Germany, the fight against the bourgeoisie itself may immediately\u00a0begin.<\/p>\r\n
The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany because\u00a0that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is\u00a0bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions\u00a0of European civilization, and with a much more developed\u00a0proletariat than that of England was in the seventeenth, and of\u00a0France in the eighteenth century, and because the bourgeois\u00a0revolution in Germany will be but the prelude to an immediately\u00a0following proletarian revolution.<\/p>\r\n
In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary\u00a0movement against the existing social and political order of\u00a0things.<\/p>\r\n
In all these movements they bring to the front, as the leading\u00a0question in each, the property question, no matter what its\u00a0degree of development at the time.<\/p>\r\n
Finally, they labour everywhere for the union and agreement of\u00a0the democratic parties of all countries.<\/p>\r\n
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims.<\/p>\r\nThey openly declare that their ends can be attained only by\r\n\r\nthe forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.\r\n\r\nLet the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution.\r\n\r\nThe proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.\r\n\r\nThey have a world to win.\r\n
WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!<\/strong><\/p>","rendered":" Section II has made clear the relations of the Communists to the\u00a0existing working-class parties, such as the Chartists in England\u00a0and the Agrarian Reformers in America.<\/p>\n The Communists fight for the attainment of the immediate aims,\u00a0for the enforcement of the momentary interests of the working\u00a0class; but in the movement of the present, they also represent\u00a0and take care of the future of that movement. In France the\u00a0Communists ally themselves with the Social-Democrats, against the\u00a0conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the\u00a0right to take up a critical position in regard to phrases and\u00a0illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution.<\/p>\n In Switzerland, they support the Radicals, without losing sight\u00a0of the fact that this party consists of antagonistic elements,\u00a0partly of Democratic Socialists, in the French sense, partly of\u00a0radical bourgeois.<\/p>\n In Poland, they support the party that insists on an agrarian\u00a0revolution as the prime condition for national emancipation, that\u00a0party which fomented the insurrection of Cracow in 1846.<\/p>\n In Germany, they fight with the bourgeoisie whenever it acts in a\u00a0revolutionary way, against the absolute monarchy, the feudal\u00a0squirearchy, and the petty bourgeoisie.<\/p>\n But they never cease, for a single instant, to instil into the\u00a0working class the clearest possible recognition of the hostile\u00a0antagonism between bourgeoisie and proletariat, in order that the\u00a0German workers may straightaway use, as so many weapons against\u00a0the bourgeoisie, the social and political conditions that the\u00a0bourgeoisie must necessarily introduce along with its supremacy,\u00a0and in order that, after the fall of the reactionary classes in\u00a0Germany, the fight against the bourgeoisie itself may immediately\u00a0begin.<\/p>\n The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany because\u00a0that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is\u00a0bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions\u00a0of European civilization, and with a much more developed\u00a0proletariat than that of England was in the seventeenth, and of\u00a0France in the eighteenth century, and because the bourgeois\u00a0revolution in Germany will be but the prelude to an immediately\u00a0following proletarian revolution.<\/p>\n In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary\u00a0movement against the existing social and political order of\u00a0things.<\/p>\n In all these movements they bring to the front, as the leading\u00a0question in each, the property question, no matter what its\u00a0degree of development at the time.<\/p>\n Finally, they labour everywhere for the union and agreement of\u00a0the democratic parties of all countries.<\/p>\n The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims.<\/p>\n They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by<\/p>\n the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.<\/p>\n Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution.<\/p>\n The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.<\/p>\n They have a world to win.<\/p>\n WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-25","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/25\/revisions\/142"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/25\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communistmanifesto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}