Mick Armstrong responds to the argument made by British journalist Paul Mason that socialists should call for a 'popular front' with capitalist forces in the West against the threat of Russian and Chinese authoritarianism.
Karl Marx became a radical in his teenage years, but in his early 20s wanted to be an academic. Yet his mistreatment by the authorities and exposure to the plight of local peasants pushed him in the direction of communism, writes Ben Hillier.
