Preface to the German edition of 1872 -- Preface to the Russian edition of 1882 -- Preface to the German edition of 1883 -- Preface to the English edition of 1888 -- Preface to the German edition of 1890 -- Preface to the Polish edition of 1892 -- Preface to the Italian edition of 1893 -- The manifesto of the communist party -- Bourgeois and proletarians -- Proletarians and communists -- Socialist and communist literature -- Reactionary socialism -- A. Feudal socialism -- B. Petty-bourgeois socialism -- German, or "true", socialism -- Conservative, or bourgeois, socialism -- Critical utopian socialism and communism -- Position of the communists in relation to the various exiting opposition parties.