综合英语4-配套教学-Unit 6 Further Reading 2.docxVIP

BourgeoisandProletarians(ExcerptsfromManifestooftheCommunistParty)

Thehistoryofallsocietyuptonowisthehistoryofclassstruggles.

Freemanandslave,patricianandplebeian,lordandserf,guildmasterandjourneyman,inshort,oppressorandoppressedstoodincontinualconflictwithoneanother,conductinganunbroken,nowhidden,nowopenstruggle,astrugglethatfinishedeachtimewitharevolutionarytransformationofsocietyasawhole,orwiththecommondemiseofthecontendingclasses.

Inearlierepochsofhistorywefindalmosteverywhereacomprehensivedivisionofs