Greetings fellow time travellers, always it's lovely to have you with me as we travel through space and time together.

Who would want to make a journey like this alone?

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Recorder, microphone, action. An ominous specter is haunting Europe. Right across the continent from Paris to Milan,

from Budapest to Berlin, Voices are ringing out calling for change. In 1848, a

pretentious document that strikes fear into the hearts of Europe's ruling classes is

published anonymously, composed in German, printed in London and just 23 pages long.

It calls for the proletariat to rise up, overthrow the oppressors, and bring about worldwide revolution.

Endeavoring to understand history in hopes of illuminating the future.

I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the world.

Morning Neil. Last week we travelled with you to Paris in 1838

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