THE RED PRUSSIAN, THE LIFE & LEGEND OF KARL MARX (422 pp.)— eopold Schwarzschlld—Scribner ($4). “If a name had to be found for the age in which we live,” says the author of this book, “we might safely ...

In his introduction to Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life, Jonathan Sperber stresses that he doesn't believe Marx was a prophet or that he has much to say to our age at all. He is a historical ...

There are many things that Nick Rozanov's father did not leave behind. Stories forgotten, photos never seen, memories unrecorded: the eternal regrets of children after their parents pass on. Mikhail ...

THE NEW CLASS (214 pp.) — Milovan Djilas—Praeger ($3.95). RUSSIA REVISITED (288 pp.)—Louis Fischer—Doubleday ($4). RUSSIA AGAINST THE KREMLIN (189 pp).—Alexandra Metaxas—World ($3). In the Marxist ...

Theories of crisis have always been intensely political. Different views of capitalist development and breakdown have always shaped, and been shaped by, political strategies. In the early and ...

How did Marxism become Marxism? A new book examines a set of thinkers and activists who helped transform a set of radical ideas into a political tradition. In the years leading up to the outbreak of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In November 1885, Friedrich Engels published an essay in the Commonweal, the journal of the Socialist League, with the title ‘How Not to Translate Marx’. The translator he had in mind was John ...

Attention Comedy historians: I know you’re out there, binge-watching season 3 of Seinfeld for the umpteenth time, studying Lenny Bruce Without Tears for clues to the mysteries of life, or scouring ...