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Karl Marx Makes a Comeback
Several months ago the Communist party in Russia updated their visual propaganda by giving three of their most controversial icons—Lenin, Stalin, and Karl Marx—a makeover. In their new poster series, Stalin looks handsome and serious in a puff of vaping … Continue reading
On the Hook: Tony Kushner and the Labor Movement
In 1997, the playwright Tony Kushner was going through some books that had belonged to his grandparents when he came across one by George Bernard Shaw that he had never heard of: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. … Continue reading
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