Any person with a respect for human history will respect the remains-
and the grave sites -of those thinkers and doers who shook the
world.Way back in the tumultuous 60s I read a book titled : " The Living
Thoughts of Karl Marx ". And these were best summed up by Engels'
graveside speech so many years ago.
Marx made it clear that modern capitalism did not abolish exploitation, that the modern wage slaves still had " nothing to lose but their chains ".
Just recently I came across by Google Search any number of thoughtful articles asking the question : " Was Marx right ? " .
Many clear thinking writers believe that he was quite right.
Marx made it clear that modern capitalism did not abolish exploitation, that the modern wage slaves still had " nothing to lose but their chains ".
Just recently I came across by Google Search any number of thoughtful articles asking the question : " Was Marx right ? " .
Many clear thinking writers believe that he was quite right.
For Marx was before all else a revolutionist. His real mission in
life was to contribute, in one way or another, to the overthrow of
capitalist society and of the state institutions which it had brought
into being, to contribute to the liberation of the modern proletariat,
which he was the first to make consciou
- See more at: http://workerscompass.org/speech-at-the-grave-of-karl-marx/#sthash.ODgPX3Xh.dpuf
- See more at: http://workerscompass.org/speech-at-the-grave-of-karl-marx/#sthash.ODgPX3Xh.dpuf
For Marx was before all else a revolutionist. His real mission in
life was to contribute, in one way or another, to the overthrow of
capitalist society and of the state institutions which it had brought
into being, to contribute to the liberation of the modern proletariat,
which he was the first to make consciou
- See more at: http://workerscompass.org/speech-at-the-grave-of-karl-marx/#sthash.ODgPX3Xh.dpuf
- See more at: http://workerscompass.org/speech-at-the-grave-of-karl-marx/#sthash.ODgPX3Xh.dpuf
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