Noam Chomsky co-wrote the communist manifesto.
Avram Noam Chomsky ( [ æ ` vrɑːm _ ` noʊm_ˈtʃɒmski ] ; born December 7 , 1928 ) is an American linguist , philosopher , cognitive scientist , historian , social critic , and political activist . The Communist Manifesto ( originally Manifesto of the Communist Party ) is an 1848 political pamphlet by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels .