Karl Marx’s American Boom

Karl Marx’s American Boom

A new book looks at the history of the communist thinker’s reception in the capitalist United States.

Marx Matters in a Deeply Unequal World in Crisis

“Marx once said that ‘the rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.’ This remains true in today’s world.” By Jon Trickett MP Idly overhearing a conversation about class and economics between two Labour people in Parliament the other day I got to thinking about whether Marx is still relevant. One of the two people said something like “Oh, he’s an old fashioned socialist.  Thinks that Karl Marx remains relevant to what’s happenin…