Give Marx a break: he has more than a little in common with contemporary bloggers on the right who rail against the “elites” on behalf of the despised and mistreated “deplorables”.

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Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in New...