Communist League

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The Communist League was a 19th-century international revolutionary socialist organization that commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write the Communist Manifesto and played a key role in the early development of communism.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf communist organization
international organization
political organization
revolutionary socialist organization
activeInCentury 19th century
aim abolition of private ownership of the means of production
establishment of proletarian rule
overthrow of the bourgeoisie
commissionedAuthor Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
commissionedWork The Communist Manifesto
corePrinciple abolition of class society
class struggle
internationalism
proletarian revolution
countryOfOrigin Germany
dissolutionCause internal conflicts
state repression
dissolved 1852
founded 1847
hasMotto Workers of all countries, unite!
headquartersLocation London
historicalRole early development of communism
first Marxist political organization
ideology communism
revolutionary socialism
influencedBy Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
League of the Just
languageOfCommunication English
German
notableMember August Willich
Friedrich Engels
Heinrich Bauer NERFINISHED
Joseph Moll
Karl Marx
Karl Pfänder NERFINISHED
Karl Schapper NERFINISHED
Wilhelm Wolff
notableWork The Communist Manifesto
organizationalForm cadre organization
secret society
partOf early communist movement
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy League of the Just
regionOfActivity Europe
significantEvent commissioning of The Communist Manifesto in 1847
involvement in the 1848 revolutions in Europe

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx
memberOf

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