workers of the world, unite

English
The motto in four languages on a DDR building
Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery, bearing the slogan "Workers of All Lands Unite"

Etymology

Calque of German Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch (literally “working men / proletarians of all countries, unite!”), a phrase which comes from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto and is one of the most famous rallying cries of communism.

Phrase

workers of the world, unite

  1. Laborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better conditions.

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