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Did you know these historical figures were racists?
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Karl Marx is the hero of some labor union leaders and civil rights
organizations, including those who organized the recent protest
against proposed immigration legislation. It's easy to be a Marxist
if you haven't read his writings. Most people agree that Marx's
predictions about capitalism turned out to be dead wrong.
What most people don't know is that Marx was an out and out racist
and anti-Semite. He didn't think much of Mexicans. Concerning the
annexation of California after the M...
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Karl Marx.(Review)
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Findings of the Dismal Science
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