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Article: Rae on Marx.(critique of Bob Rae's commentary on Karl Marx biography)(Brief Article)
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- Canadian Dimension
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- November 1, 2000
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To my mind, true love expresses itself in reticence, modesty and even the shyness of the lover toward his object of veneration, and certainly not giving free rein to one's passion and in premature demonstrations of familiarity.
Karl Marx
Bob Rae, the smartest ex-premier in the third quadrant of the Milky Way, managed to spare some of his precious time to dis old Karl Marx in the Globe and Mail earlier this year.
The occasion for the attack was the publication of Francis When's biography, Marx. It is, as Rae acknowledges, quite an unusual book. Wheen writes an acerbic column on British politics for the Guardian in which he regularly skewers New ...