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Jul 2020
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The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Fr...

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On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss 'The Communist Manifesto' by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

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https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/

 

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