Carl Marx (1818-1883) is undoubtedly the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the greatest foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During the eleven years he wrote for the newspaper New York Tribune (their collaboration began in 1852), Marx dealt with a plethora of topics, from matters of class and state to global issues. Particularly moving texts highlight social inequality and hunger in Britain, while others explore his revolutionary views on the slave and opium trades - Marx believed that Western powers relied on these and would not send anything back to protect their interests. Above all, Marx's fresh perspective on the events of the nineteenth century encouraged his readers to think, and his writing is unexpectedly relevant today.

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