this group is defined by the manifesto of the communist party as the modern working class
Proletariat The proletariat (/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛəri.ət/ from Latin proletarius) is the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power (their ability to work).[1] A member of such a class is a proletarian.