Does short-lived English poet John Keats – dead at 25 – belong with the creative youngsters of the last century who passed away when young? With actor James Dean (24), and pop stars Jim Morrison (27) and Jimi Hendrix (27); or does he rub shoulders with Karl Marx?
Yes, Marx the very protean father and grandfather of the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, and virtually every radical oppositional and revolutionary group of the last hundred years.
Which is exactly what author Anahid Nersessian of The