Well said Sandy.

Ewan MacColl also recognised Jesus to be a socialist re:

'The Ballad of The Carpenter'

Jesus was a working man and a hero you will hear
Born in the town of Bethlehem
At the turning of the year, at the turning of the year

When Jesus was a little lad the streets rang with his name
For he argued with the older men
And he put them all to shame, he put them all to shame

He became a wandering journey man, he wandered far and wide
And he noticed how wealth and poverty
Live always side by side, live always side by side

So he said "Come all you working men weavers and fishermen too
If you could only stand as one
This world belongs to you, this world belongs to you."

When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done to the Roman troops they ran
Saying put this rebel Jesus down
He's a menace to God and man, he's a menace to God and man

The commander of the occupying troops just laughed and then he said
"There's a cross to spare on Calvary hill
By the weekend he'll be dead, by the weekend he'll be dead"

But Jesus walked among the poor for the poor were his own kind
And they'd never let them get near enough
To take him from behind, to take him from behind

So they hired one of the traitor's trade and an informer was he
He sold his brother to the butcher men
For a fistful of silver money, for a fistful of silver money

Jesus sat in the prison cell and they beat him and offered him bribes
To desert the cause of his fellow men and
And work for the rich man's tribe, and work for the rich man's tribe

Oh the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow and the blood was in his eyes
As they nailed his body to the Roman cross
And they laughed as they watched him die, they laughed as they watched him die

Two thousand years have passed and gone and many a hero too
But the dream of this poor carpenter
Remains in the hands of you, belongs in the hands of you.

Also recorded by Phil Ochs