| − | '''Karl Heinrich Marx''' (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a bourgeois<ref>Francis Wheen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3KOyuSakn80C Karl Marx: A Life]'' (W.W. Norton & Company, 2001) ISBN 0393321576, pp. 8, 278</ref> political pamphleteer,<ref>George Bernard Shaw, “Trotsky, Prince of Pamphleteers,” ''The Nation'' (ISSN 0027-8378) Vol. 1922 No. 30 (June 7, 1922), pp. 560-561, reprinted in Brian Tyson, ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ui6sNgX5vfQC Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews: Volume Two,1884-1950]'' (University Park, PA.: Penn State Press, 1996) ISBN 0271015489, pp. 440-450. Cf. Terrell Carver, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=HgbPEM0A4ksC The Postmodern Marx]'' (University Park, PA.: Penn State Press, 1998), p. 160</ref> polemicist<ref>Chris Matthew Sciaberra, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=D7z2ACODvLkC Marx, Hayek and Utopia]'' (SUNY Press, 1995) ISBN 0791426165, p.6. Cf. Michael Grenfell and Cheryl Hardy, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=ao6emzDlvIAC Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts]'' (Berg Publishers, 2007) ISBN 1845202341, p.17</ref> and propagandist,<ref>Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=ItJmAAAAMAAJ The Cambridge Modern History]'' (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1910), p. 758. Cf. Milorad M. Drachkovitch and Sidney Hook, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=MJkLqIlu-q4C Marxist Ideology in the Contemporary World: Its Appeals and Paradoxes]'' (Ayer Publishing, 1973) ISBN 0836981545, p. 113</ref> credited as co-founder (with Friedrich Engels) of communism.<ref>Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=am7G9xBmlXAC The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings]'' (Barnes & Noble, 2005) ISBN 1593081006, p. vi</ref> People acting in the name of Marxism have killed millions of innocent men, women and children. Mid-range academic estimates of the number of people murdered by communists during the 20th century range from 94 million (1997 estimate)<ref>Stéphane Courtois, ed. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=H1jsgYCoRioC The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]'' (Harvard University Press, 1999) ISBN 0-674-07608-7, p. 4</ref> to 148 million (2005 estimate).<ref>Rudy J. Rummel, "Stalin Exceeded Hitler in Monstrous Evil; Mao Beat Out Stalin", ''Hawaii Reporter'', December 1, 2005. Cf. Rudy J.Rummel (Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii), [http://democraticpeace.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/reevaluating-chinas-democide-to-73000000/ Reevaluating China’s Democide to 73,000,000], Democratic Peace Blog, October 10, 2005; Rudy J. Rummel, [http://www.ciolek.com/SPEC/rummel-on-democide-2005.html Reevaluated democide totals for 20th C. and China] Asia Pacific Research Online, November 29, 2005 (T. Matthew Ciolek, ed., Head, Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University)</ref> | + | '''Karl Heinrich Marx''' (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a bourgeois<ref>Francis Wheen, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3KOyuSakn80C Karl Marx: A Life]'' (W.W. Norton & Company, 2001) ISBN 0393321576, pp. 8, 278</ref> political pamphleteer,<ref>George Bernard Shaw, “Trotsky, Prince of Pamphleteers,” ''The Nation'' (ISSN 0027-8378) Vol. 1922 No. 30 (June 7, 1922), pp. 560-561, reprinted in Brian Tyson, ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ui6sNgX5vfQC Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews: Volume Two,1884-1950]'' (University Park, PA.: Penn State Press, 1996) ISBN 0271015489, pp. 440-450. Cf. Terrell Carver, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=HgbPEM0A4ksC The Postmodern Marx]'' (University Park, PA.: Penn State Press, 1998), p. 160</ref> polemicist<ref>Chris Matthew Sciaberra, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=D7z2ACODvLkC Marx, Hayek and Utopia]'' (SUNY Press, 1995) ISBN 0791426165, p.6. Cf. Michael Grenfell and Cheryl Hardy, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=ao6emzDlvIAC Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts]'' (Berg Publishers, 2007) ISBN 1845202341, p.17</ref> and propagandist,<ref>Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=ItJmAAAAMAAJ The Cambridge Modern History]'' (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1910), p. 758. Cf. Milorad M. Drachkovitch and Sidney Hook, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=MJkLqIlu-q4C Marxist Ideology in the Contemporary World: Its Appeals and Paradoxes]'' (Ayer Publishing, 1973) ISBN 0836981545, p. 113</ref> credited as co-founder (with Friedrich Engels) of communism.<ref>Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=am7G9xBmlXAC The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings]'' (Barnes & Noble, 2005) ISBN 1593081006, p. vi</ref> People acting in the name of Marxism have killed millions of innocent men, women and children: mid-range academic estimates of the number of civilians murdered by communists during the 20th century range from 94 million (1997 estimate)<ref>Stéphane Courtois, ed. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=H1jsgYCoRioC The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]'' (Harvard University Press, 1999) ISBN 0-674-07608-7, p. 4</ref> to 148 million (2005 estimate).<ref>Rudy J. Rummel, "Stalin Exceeded Hitler in Monstrous Evil; Mao Beat Out Stalin", ''Hawaii Reporter'', December 1, 2005. Cf. Rudy J.Rummel (Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii), [http://democraticpeace.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/reevaluating-chinas-democide-to-73000000/ Reevaluating China’s Democide to 73,000,000], Democratic Peace Blog, October 10, 2005; Rudy J. Rummel, [http://www.ciolek.com/SPEC/rummel-on-democide-2005.html Reevaluated democide totals for 20th C. and China] Asia Pacific Research Online, November 29, 2005 (T. Matthew Ciolek, ed., Head, Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University)</ref> |