Featuring a new introduction from Yanis Varoufakis, this reissue of }The Communist Manifesto{ in pocket portable form marks the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth The Communist Manifesto is a timeless classic providing intelligent insight into socialism, communism and today's group identity politics. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY YANIS VAROUFAKIS The Communist Manifesto was first published in London in 1848, by two young men in their late twenties.