A manifesto is a statement published by a person or group of people, especially a political party, or a government, in which they say what their aims and policies are. The Tories are currently drawing up their election manifesto. manifestos a written statement by a political party, saying what they believe in and what they intend to do. Communist Manifesto October Manifesto Ostend Manifesto
A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives
In art, a public declaration or exposition in print of the theories and directions of a movement The manifestos issued by various individual artists or groups of artists, in the first half of the twentieth century served to reveal their motivations and raisons dâetre and stimulated support for or reactions against them
A type of document or essay written by an individual, often one who is suffering from paranoia or mental illness. It is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. It may or may not make sense
a book by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, written in 1848, which explains the main ideas of Communism and describes how society would need to change in order to achieve this. Pamphlet written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to serve as the platform of the Communist League. It argued that industrialization had exacerbated the divide between the capitalist ruling class and the proletariat, which had become impoverished, and called on the proletariat to overthrow the capitalists, abolish private property, and take over the means of production. It predicted an eventual classless society and the gradual elimination of the need for a state. It ends by stating, "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite
pamphlet published in 1848 in which the principles of communism were first stated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels laying the foundation for modern Communism
Document issued by Tsar Nicholas II in October 1905. In response to the unrest caused by the Russian Revolution of 1905 and on the advice of his minister Sergey Witte, Nicholas promised to guarantee civil liberties and establish a popularly elected Duma. The manifesto satisfied the moderate revolutionaries, and further unrest was crushed. In 1906 the Fundamental Laws were established to serve as a constitution and to create the Duma. The Duma was in fact given only a limited voice in the government, and the civil rights actually granted were far less substantial than those promised by the manifesto
(1854) Secret document written by U.S. diplomats at Ostend, Belg. , describing a plan to acquire Cuba from Spain. On orders from U.S. secretary of state William Marcy, three U.S. diplomats minister to Britain James Buchanan, minister to France John Y. Mason, and minister to Spain Pierre Soulé devised a plan to purchase or, if necessary, seize Cuba for the U.S. Publication of the aggressively worded document, and Soulé's advocacy of slavery, caused Marcy to denounce it