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Why did the Communist League ask Marx and Engels to write The Communist Manifesto?
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Revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist Karl Marx.
The Communist League commissioned Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write The Communist Manifesto because the organization, formerly known as the League of the Just, decided in June 1847 to formulate a clear political program.12
After Marx and Engels joined the society and helped transform it into the Communist League, they successfully persuaded a second congress of the organization to adopt their views. Consequently, the League authorized the two men to draft a formal statement of communist principles and policies. The resulting document served as the platform for the League, providing a scientific basis for the workers' movement rather than the moralistic appeals that had previously characterized such groups.123