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Friedrich Engels, “icon” of the modern left
« on: July 19, 2017, 06:53:50 pm »
Power Line
Paul Mirengoff
July 19, 2017

 Andrew Stuttaford at NRO informs us that a statue of Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s writing partner and and benefactor, has been erected in Manchester, England. The Manchester Evening News gushes:

    Iconic socialist thinker, Friedrich Engels has returned to Manchester[,] 150 years after he left. As part of the Manchester International Festival, a statue will be officially unveiled of the German writer, in Tony Wilson Place, this Sunday.

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Re: Friedrich Engels, “icon” of the modern left
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2017, 06:56:22 pm »
Engels quotes that could be taken as coming from the Third Reich. Extreme anti-Semitism and promises of democide for the unworthy.