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YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING

Right-Wingers Keep Absurdly Comparing Putin to Karl Marx

The 19th century German revolutionary socialist was opposed to pretty much everything the current Russian president stands for.

Ben Burgis

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‘THIS IS SCARY’

‘So Ugly’: Neo-Nazis Crash Book Reading With Swastika Flag

Around 20 neo-Nazis and fascists accosted a group commemorating the anniversary of the “Communist Manifesto,” the library said.

Brooke Leigh Howard

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HISTORY LESSONS

Bill de Blasio Apologizes for Quoting Che Guevara in Miami

“Hasta la victoria siempre,” de Blasio said, invoking the controversial communist revolutionary.

Audrey McNamara

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DESECRATED

Karl Marx’s Gravestone ‘Vandalized With a Hammer’ in London

Marx died in the English capital in 1883.

Jamie Ross

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The Year of Piketty

Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years

Thomas Piketty raised the Big Questions this year about democracy and inequality. Some students and I went looking for answers.

Jedediah Purdy

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COMMUNIST GENOCIDE?

The MSNBC Parenting Firestorm

Your kids don’t belong to you—but the whole community. David Freedlander on the line that sparked outrage.

David Freedlander

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What a BLogger He'd Be!

Karl Marx, Nudnik

David Frum

High Class

Prospective Labour MP Jokes: Pimp Out Kate To Solve Debt Crisis

Tom Sykes

Capitalism

Consider the Washing Machine

Justin Green

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Longreads

The Week’s Best Reads

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the Web this week. By David Sessions.

David Sessions

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Marx’s Not-So-Marxist Marriage

While Marx dreamed of revolution to empower the masses, his own wife and daughters slaved and suffered to keep the family afloat says biographer Mary Gabriel.

Mary Gabriel

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