Marx’s Tomb

April 2024 Forums General discussion Marx’s Tomb

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #85881
    ALB
    Keymaster

    Apparently they're planning to make money out of the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth next year:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/grave-of-karl-marx-gets-a-new-lease-of-life-r67mm9kzp

    Pity the Cuban exiles didn't suceed in blowing up the monstrosity erected by the Communist Party and  the Russian government on his grave in 1956. The state-capitalist dictators of Russia and their supporters in Britain had no right to do that.

    It is true that Herbert Spencer, the 19th century anarcho-capitalist philosopher, is buried opposite him, hence the joke about Marx and Spencer being buried next to each other:

    https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east#featurephoto71

    #130997
    Bijou Drains
    Participant
    ALB wrote:
    Apparently they're planning to make money out of the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth next year:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/grave-of-karl-marx-gets-a-new-lease-of-life-r67mm9kzpPity the Cuban exiles didn't suceed in blowing up the monstrosity erected by the Communist Party and  the Russian government on his grave in 1956. The state-capitalist dictators of Russia and their supporters in Britain had no right to do that.It is true that Herbert Spencer, the 19th century anarcho-capitalist philosopher, is buried opposite him, hence the joke about Marx and Spencer being buried next to each other:https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east#featurephoto71

    What joke is that?

    #130998
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    If Marx were alive today he would be turning in his grave.

    #130999
    alanjjohnstone
    Keymaster

    Rather than the customary commemorative issue of the Socialist Standard and a few special public meetings, has anybody got any suggestions for some other sort of event that could bring us a bit publicity.Despite some thinking the grave a monstrosity i am sure there will be a long line of groups taking their turn to be videoed and photographed doing a grave-side speech so that is out, i think.

    #131001
    ALB
    Keymaster

    The obvious thing is to have a stall outside the entrance. It's in the North London branch catchment area.

    #131000
    james19
    Participant
    Bijou Drains wrote:
    ALB wrote:
    Apparently they're planning to make money out of the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth next year:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/grave-of-karl-marx-gets-a-new-lease-of-life-r67mm9kzpPity the Cuban exiles didn't suceed in blowing up the monstrosity erected by the Communist Party and  the Russian government on his grave in 1956. The state-capitalist dictators of Russia and their supporters in Britain had no right to do that.It is true that Herbert Spencer, the 19th century anarcho-capitalist philosopher, is buried opposite him, hence the joke about Marx and Spencer being buried next to each other:https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east#featurephoto71

    What joke is that?

    __ Wooooosh I was thinking of using this (Wooooosh) on posts Twitter l Google it, and found the meaning of it. 

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.