Happy Sunday, Liberty Lovers! Well, I did the deed. I read The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. It was originally an 1848 political pamphlet that was meant to spread the history and mission of Communism to the masses. In this video, I will tell you about my not so life-changing experience reading…
On the anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, Missouri State Representative Tony Lovasco, a Republican from District 64, asked for a moment of silence for all of the victims of communism. https://twitter.com/conor_leland/status/1106306181042192384?s=21 Lovasco stated, “136 years ago today was the death of Karl Marx. Now, decorum prohibits me from providing my full thoughts on this man,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Philipp, Epoch Times The French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 had a large influence on Karl Marx, and on the origins of communism. We’ve written previously about Gracchus Babeuf, regarded as the first revolutionary communist, and his direct influence on Marx; and we’ve also written about Maximilien Robespierre,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Don’t let the facts get in the way of truth, and don’t let either ruin a good story. With this (paraphrased) dialog, the World War 2 dramedy “Their Finest” illuminates the fundamental problem with government sponsored propaganda. If the government obfuscates facts and fundamental truths in the name of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Examining the Isolated State’s Communist Roots By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times Brandishing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, North Korea has topped news headlines for the last decade as it has menaced its more prosperous neighbors. Unlike the Soviet Union, which collapsed and split into over a dozen non-communist nations, or China,…
By Kody Fairfield The Communist forefather, and economics author, Karl Marx, who has been dead since 1883, still has appeal in United States higher education economic practices. It appears that Marx’s book The Communist Manifesto, written in 1848, is currently the most assigned economics book on US college campuses, according to a new syllabi database called the Open…