Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles
From the Communist Manifesto of 1848
1. Abolition of real estate property rights and application of all rents to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition to all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank monopoly using state capital.
6. State control of the means of communication and transportation.
7. State owned factories and instruments of production; and, the development of a common plan to bring into cultivation waste lands and to improve the soil generally.
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combine agriculture with manufacturing industries. Redistribute the population more equally across the country blurring the distinction between town and country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools.