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Mosses Hess
After Engels discharge from the military he met a man named Mosses Hess in 1842, Mosses was a son of a wealthy Jewish family and a promoter of radical causes and publication. This was a turning point that would shape the future of Engels as Mosses converted him to Communism. -
Karl Marx
Engels ran a successful business from 1842-1844 meeting many radical leaders and writing many articles about communism. He met Karl Marx and struck up a great friendship because of their political and social class views that would lead later to their greatest contribution. -
Scientific Socialism
During their years together Engels and Marx work together they focused on laborers and how they were alienated. As the harder they work the more resources the natural resources the world needs. As they have to work harder just to live and the world is based for the rich.These folks are referred to as "wage slaves" from which there is no escape. Over the years they wrote about many things such as politics, sex and religion leading to The Communist Manifesto. -
The Communist Manifesto
Engels and Marx published The Communist Manifesto in 1848 which developed analysis for current condition and a plan for political action.Although there are many things in the Manifesto the end game is an effort to position the Communist Party favorably in the social and political movements of the nineteenth century.A call for political action by the great sleeping giant. These had lasting effects over time and change in political ideas for industrialized European nations.
