![Marxist ideology: in this 1896 cartoon, labor says that socialism is inevitable in spite of the whitewashing efforts of capitalists, politicians, and the "capitalist press." Marxist ideology: in this 1896 cartoon, labor says that socialism is inevitable in spite of the whitewashing efforts of capitalists, politicians, and the "capitalist press."](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1734_0.jpg?itok=0nHvcz5H)
Marxist ideology: in this 1896 cartoon, labor says that socialism is inevitable in spite of the whitewashing efforts of capitalists, politicians, and the "capitalist press."
![Extreme wealth became a liability during the Republican primary campaign in 2012, but a super-rich candidate was still selected.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1738_0.jpg?itok=fwgaeaNc)
Extreme wealth became a liability during the Republican primary campaign in 2012, but a super-rich candidate was still selected.
Comments: Cartoon by Nick Anderson
![This 1896 political cartoon depicts the coal trust as a wealthy man in a top hat stealing money from an impoverished mother. Speech maligning rich corporations was robust at the turn of the century.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1739_0.jpg?itok=RYsQ1cf3)
This 1896 political cartoon depicts the coal trust as a wealthy man in a top hat stealing money from an impoverished mother. Speech maligning rich corporations was robust at the turn of the century.
Source: Oakland Museum of California
!["Pyramid of Capitalist System": illustration from a 1911 newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1740_0.png?itok=IOyAF2M6)
"Pyramid of Capitalist System": illustration from a 1911 newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: Public domain
!["If McKinley Were Elected": Mark Hanna runs a cabinet meeting on labor with business executives while a labor representative knocks at the door.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1744_0.jpg?itok=EH-hms2_)
"If McKinley Were Elected": Mark Hanna runs a cabinet meeting on labor with business executives while a labor representative knocks at the door.
![A 1942 political cartoon by Dr. Seuss about income tax loopholes for the wealthy](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1745_0.jpg?itok=cNip--7V)
A 1942 political cartoon by Dr. Seuss about income tax loopholes for the wealthy
Source: UC San Diego
![Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1747_0.jpg?itok=_E7mBb4L)
Open battle between striking teamsters armed with pipes and the police in the streets of Minneapolis, June 1934
![Reagan gives a televised address outlining his plans for tax reduction in 1981](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1748_0.jpg?itok=xhyhwsUe)
Reagan gives a televised address outlining his plans for tax reduction in 1981
![Many nations in Europe experienced short-lived revolutions of the working classes in 1848, the same year Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1749_0.jpg?itok=TYJp4iwM)
Many nations in Europe experienced short-lived revolutions of the working classes in 1848, the same year Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto.
Source: Painting by Horace Vernet
![Two girls protest child labor during a 1909 May Day parade in New York City.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1751_0.jpg?itok=2kyGAlUK)
Two girls protest child labor during a 1909 May Day parade in New York City.
![FDR signs the Social Security Act in 1935. His opponents called his policies socialist.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1752_0.jpg?itok=Jk7NrSxS)
FDR signs the Social Security Act in 1935. His opponents called his policies socialist.
![Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president and Ronald Reagan's opponent in the 1984 presdiential election](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1753_0.jpg?itok=wPmU0dWm)
Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president and Ronald Reagan's opponent in the 1984 presdiential election
![The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which Rutherford B. Hayes ended by sending in federal troops.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1755_0.jpg?itok=GnyA9_A6)
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which Rutherford B. Hayes ended by sending in federal troops.
Source: Engraving by M.B. Leiser
![Striking American Railway Union members confront Illinois National Guard troops in Chicago during the Pullman Strike in 1894.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1757_0.jpg?itok=KRQwQyg0)
Striking American Railway Union members confront Illinois National Guard troops in Chicago during the Pullman Strike in 1894.
Source: Public domain
![Poster designed by the anti-consumerist organization Adbusters inviting people to Occupy Wall Street](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-12-img1758_0.jpg?itok=kmZmctc6)
Poster designed by the anti-consumerist organization Adbusters inviting people to Occupy Wall Street
Source: Adbusters