Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher,

economist, political theorist, and revolutionary socialist produced some of the most controversial and influential

works in the past 200 years.

A champion for workers' rights for many and a dangerous radical for many others, Karl Marx

the Communist is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science.

Regardless of your own point of view, it's hard to deny the relevance of Marx's

critique of capitalism. point of view, it's hard to deny the relevance of Marx's critique

of capitalism.

In January 2017, Oxfam published an economy for the 99%, which found that the richest

eight men in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.6 billion.

In 1848, alongside Friedrich Engels, Marx produced the manifesto of the Communist Party.

In the concluding passage, Marx writes,

Let the ruling classes tremble at the Communistic Revolution.

The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

They have a world to win.

Working men of all countries unite. Hello and welcome to episode 26 of the Pan Scicast. I'm Jack Symes and I'm joined once again by the lovely Mr Andrew Horton.

Hello. And the especially lovely Mr. Oli-Mali as well. Hello. Just the three of us again. It's been a long time. We've been Pan Seicast on tour for the last month meeting AC Grayling, Professor

Gottf and David Papanoe. What have we learned? What have we enjoyed? Well, I think the interview

with Professor Grayling was absolutely fantastic. We had the lovely opportunity to go down to London

to his university, the College of the New Humanities, and pick his brain on lots of interesting

philosophical questions.

We talked about war.

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