The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in 1848 is the seminal document of Marxism. Since its publication it has been translated into many languages; the first translation into Welsh was made in 1948 and published by the Communist Party of Great Britain to celebrate the Manifesto’s centenary.

This translation from the original German was made by W.J. Rees. Born in 1914 in St Davids, he graduated in History from Aberystwyth University and ended his career as a Senior Lecturer in Education in Leeds University. He published numerous academic papers as well as a short biography of Lenin, in Welsh, in the series Y Meddwl Modern (Gwasg Gee 1981).

The Communist Manifesto, as relevant today as when it was written, is republished here in its Welsh version, to mark both the 160th anniversary of the Manifesto and the 60th anniversary of its first publication in Welsh, and to make it available anew to all Socialists and students of Marxism.

W.J. Rees's original translation is republished on-line by Socialist Party Wales, with the agreement of the Welsh Communist Party (Welsh Committee of CPB).

Any errors in the transcription of W.J. Rees’s original text are our own alone. A printed copy can be made available, upon request - contact Socialist Party Wales.

Geoff Jones & Kate Jones
Socialist Party Wales
June 2008

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Y Maniffesto Comiwnyddol, ysgrifennwyd gan Karl Marx a Friedrich Engels ym 1848 yw dogfen arloesol Marxiaeth. Ers ei gyhoeddiad gwreiddiol cyfieithiwyd ef i sawl iaith; cyhoeddwyd y cyfieithiad cyntaf Cymraeg ym 1948, gan Blaid Gomiwnyddol Prydain, i ddathlu canmlwyddiant y Maniffesto.

W.J. Rees a gyyfieithodd y Maniffesto o’r Almaeneg i’r Gymraeg. Ganwyd e yn Nhyddewi ym 1914, graddoedd yn Hanes, o Brifysgol Aberystwyth, ac oedd bellach Uwch-Ddarlithydd mewn Addysg ym Mhrifysgol Leeds. Cyhoeddodd e sawl papur academig, yn ogystal â bywgraffiad Lenin mewn cyfres Y Meddwl Modern (Gwasg Gee 1981).

Mae’r Maniffesto Comiwnyddol, cyn berthnasol heddiw ac erioed, yn cael ei gyhoeddiad newydd yma i nodweddu penblwydd 160ydd y Maniffesto, yn ogystal â phenblwydd 60ydd y cyhoeddiad Cymraeg cyntaf, ac i’w wneud ar gael unwaith eto i Sosialwyr a myrfyrwyr Marxiaeth.

Ailgyhoeddwyd cyfieithiad wreiddiol Cymraeg W.J. Rees, ar-lein, gan Blaid Sosialaidd Cymru, gyda chytundeb y Blaid Gomiwnyddol Cymreig (Pwyllgor Cymreig y CPB)

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Geoff Jones a Kate Jones
Plaid Sosialaidd Cymru
Mehefin 2008

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