Communist Party USA and struggles" of American history, the party promotes a conception of "Bill of Rights Socialism" that will "guarantee all the freedoms we have won over centuries of struggle and also extend the Bill of Rights to include freedom from unemployment" as well as freedom "from poverty, from illiteracy, and from discrimination and oppression". Reiterating the idea of property rights in socialist society as it is outlined in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's "Communist Manifesto" (1848), the Communist Party emphasizes: Many myths have been propagated about socialism. Contrary to right-wing claims, socialism would not take away the personal private property of
Manifesto of 101 Manifesto of 101 The Manifesto of 101 was a document expressing strong dissent from the Soviets following the Soviet invasion of Hungary in October 1956 written by 101 prominent Italian communists. After the Budapest uprising and its ruthless repression by the U.S.S.R. Red Army the manifesto was signed by 101 Italian communist intellectuals. The document (known as "Il Manifesto dei 101"- "The Manifesto of 101") was conceived and initially drafted by philosopher Lucio Colletti, historians Luciano Cafagna and Francesco Sirugo, all three Italian_Communist_Party (PCI) members. It was co-signed by 98 more intellectuals, among whom were historians Renzo De Felice and