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Marx the Journalist

James Ledbetter Jacobin
Marx is often remembered as a political economist or philosopher. But he made his mark as a journalist. Marx was never content to sit back and let history take its course; he felt compelled to persuade, to use the workings of the news cycle as bits of evidence that his world view is the most sound.

Friday Nite Videos | April 20, 2018

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A Series of Gunfortunate Events. You Wanna Lie Us Into War (Parody of Don't Come Around Here No More). The Decline of the Trump Merchandise Empire. Marx in Soho. How IBM Quietly Pushed Out 20,000 Older Workers.

Marx in Soho

Actor, teacher and activist Brian Jones plays Karl Marx in the late Howard Zinn's amusing one person play that looks at Marx's life, his analysis of society and his passion for radical change.

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Review: When Karl Marx Was Young And Dashing

Michael Hirsch The Indypendent
Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx is the best buddy movie since George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969. It’s also among the most important films in decades, bringing to a mass audience not just the revolutionary ideas of Marx and his friend and collaborator Frederick Engels in the early days of modern capitalism, but an approach to politics and history that still has no peer.

Friday Nite Videos | Feb 23, 2018

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John Oliver on Florida / NRA. The Young Karl Marx (in Theaters!). Survivor to Rubio: Will You Reject NRA Money? Why the Rich Love Destroying Unions. "Black Panther": Just a Dope-Ass Black Movie.
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