books.google.co.in - The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848 as an inflammatory outcry against capitalist exploitation of the working class. The Manifesto calls upon workers of the world to unite and revolt against their oppressors, to abolish private property and free enterprise, and to form a kind of workers' community...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Communist_Manifesto_Today.html?id=DFSevbr6VJgC&q=means+of+production&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCommunist Manifesto Today