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Detailed explanation-1: -The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Communist Manifesto, German Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, (“Manifesto of the Communist Party”), pamphlet (1848) written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to serve as the platform of the Communist League.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why was The Communist Manifesto written? The pamphlet was written in order to express the core platform of the Communist Party. Marx and Engels had convinced the League of the Just to adopt their beliefs, and their platform demonstrated how they differed from other varieties of socialism.

Detailed explanation-4: -[Excerpt] The Manifesto of the Communist Party, published 150 years ago in London in February 1848, is one of the most influential and widely-read documents of the past two centuries.