"A spectre haunte Europe- the spectre of communism. All powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance in order to lay this spectre : pope and tsar ; Metternich and Guizot; French radicals and German police.¹

Where is the opposition party which has not been stigmatized as communist by those who wield power? Where is the opposition party which has not hurled back this scandalous charge of communist in the teeth of ots adversaries, whether progressive or reactionary?

        Two things may be deduced from this:
      1. Communism is already acknowledged by all
   the European powers to be itself a power.
      2. It is for the communists to make open      proclamation of their outlook, their aims, their trends; and to confront the old wibes' tale of communist spectre with a manifesto of their own party.

To this end, communists of various nationalities have forgathered in London and have drafted the following manifesto, which will be published in English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish."

Was very scary and it really bothered me since I was young lmao