Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose.
A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax.
Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance.
Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels.
Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly.
Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State.
Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned by the State, the Bringing Into Cultivation of Waste Lands, and the Improvement of the Soil Generally in Accordance with a Common Plan.
Equal Liability of All to Labor. Establishment of Industrial Armies, Especially for Agriculture.
Combination of Agriculture with Manufacturing Industries; Gradual Abolition of the Distinction Between Town and Country by a More Equable Distribution of the Population over the Country.
Free Education for All Children in Public Schools. Abolition of Children’s Factory Labor in it’s Present Form. Combination of Education with Industrial Production.
Knowledge is power, and I thought it would be good if we all get familiar with Karl Marx’ “planks” of his Communist Manifesto. The entire manifesto is moderately long, but readable, and I’ve added a link to it under Required Reading.
Let’s gear up for 2010.
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Ooooohhhhh….very good, putting this up. I hope I don’t have to see any of this happening in the US of A. The eminent domain problems that have gone on in the past few years are certainly sad, very scary and reminiscent of this same mindset. I will go read your link on the sidebar.
The current economic crisis seems to me to be a good opportunity for nationalizing credit. I don’t know a lot about it, and maybe I’m just being paranoid, but I just hate the thought of the government getting so involved in all the corporate business.
Thanks, Kathy.