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...there's the rub. When Marxism was transformed in the 20th century from a social theory to a set of guidelines for the conduct of state action, it became an evil, responsible for the deaths of millions and an intolerance that reduced the intellectual life of much of the world to a frozen stubble. With the pages of that narrative fresh in the memory, it is easy to read history backwards, and conclude that Marxism came into being with a livid birthmark that would disfigure it for ever. (Read: "Marxism: The Persistent Vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friedrich Engels: Capitalism's Communist | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

FINANCIAL REGULATION Lawmakers will consider tighter bank rules and an agency to protect consumers, but little action is expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...inspired--at times emboldened--by the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Kennedys, he did even more. Like King and like his brothers John and Robert, Ted spoke truth to power, but when black folk in the South who thought themselves powerless were moved to action by his message, he spoke truth to impotence and generated power. David L. Evans, CAMBRIDGE, MASS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine Leon Eisenberg, a leader of Harvard Medical School’s affirmative action program, died last week...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Prof Dies, Leaves Activist Legacy | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, Eisenberg played a leading role in establishing the Medical School’s affirmative action program to help underrepresented groups, according to Neurobiology Professor Edward A. Kravitz...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Prof Dies, Leaves Activist Legacy | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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