What is Communism?

It has been said, that one has to be a Catholic to understand Catholicism, and a Yogi to understand Yoga; so it is with most superstitions. But Communism is no mum-bo-jumbo. Marx wasn't a god, who reserved his final denouement for the Judgment Day.

Communism can be understood by the intelligent reading of a few books, and its essence is logical and straightforward: a clearout interpretation of society, and a plan for action.

Fundamental to Marxist Commun- ism is the historical concept of the class struggle; but this idea by no means originated with Marx. Its reality was understood by the six thousand slaves who survived the defeat of Spartacus's revolt, as they were crucified by their Roman masters along the highroad from Capua to Rome; it was understood by the rebellious peasants of England, as they gathered with pitchfork and bill-hook to march against the "Cutty Wren"; and it is understood in many lands today by wage-earners who have never read Marx, as they struggle against their employers and colonial masters for a decent living.