Tag: karl marx

200 Years of Marxism And Uh…Memes?

By Christa Blackmon

In Culture

On May 5, 2018

Happy 200th Birthday birthday Karl Marx! Welcome to the Internet! I need to start this post by qualifying that I do not identify as a Marxist, even if I am very sympathetic to many tenets of Marxism. While I was studying for my Master’s at SOAS, Marx would constantly crop up. By virtue of location, […]

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Marx at 200

By Erik Loomis

On April 30, 2018

Karl Marx was born 200 years ago next week and his ideas are very much back in the mainstream, as capitalism’s massive failures since the fall of the Soviet Union that led to a global Gilded Age

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When Are The Coen Brothers Directing a Biopic of Jay Lovestone?

By Erik Loomis

On February 8, 2015

Following up on news of Steve McQueen directing a biopic of Paul Robeson, it seems Raoul Peck will be directing The Young Karl Marx, depicting the friendship between Marx and Engels. Quite a heady tim

Charge It to the Marx Card

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 15, 2012

Given the complete dominance of capitalism in early 21st century life, why not turn Karl Marx into a symbol for capitalist excess and the modern exploitation of the working-class through the indebtedness created through a credit economy. Honestly, I kind of really want this.