For decades after his death, Karl Marx's works were not allowed to enter the official academia. The picture changed in the 1930s when the world economic crisis underminded the credibility of neoclassical economics. Keynes' work shows a number of parallel with Marxian economic thought and even mainstream explanation of capitalist economy includes some unintended similarities to Das Kapital.

Kadar's Hungary was an experimental country not only in the economic mechanism but also in church policy. Having restored order after 1956, the communist party's policy tried to develop partnership with the churches. It was also an experiment for Vatican to try how it can find a modus vivendi with communist regimes.

Manufacturing a neoliberal "consensus" in social sciences has been a matter of a few decades. Origins date back to early post-war years and financial roots lead up to the foundations of big US corporations.

Ernesto Guevara was killed 30 years ago. This article, first published in The Guardian and in a longer version in New Left Review tells the story of the year he spent in Africa attempting to help the anti-imperialist struggle of Africanguerillas.