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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

Karl Marx

Karl Marx (1818–1883), German founder of Communist philosophy, and Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German founder of Communist philosophy. The Communist Manifesto, sec. 1, p. 22, Handbook of Marxism, International Publishers, New York (1935).

Marx's & Engels' theory of history.

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