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Karl Marx’s grave and the contradictions of capitalism
The right-wing press has been dining out on the idea that new graves near Marx’s in Highgate Cemetery being ‘sold for profit’ would be some great rebuke of the great anti-capitalist – KEITH FLETT sets the record straight
A view of the grave of Karl Marx (1818-1883) in Highgate Cemetery East in Highgate, north London, March 15, 2009
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
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We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
WHEN Engels died in 1895, his ashes were scattered off Beachy Head close to what had been one of his favourite seaside towns, Eastbourne.
Marx, who died in 1883, had been buried in Highgate Cemetery in a modest grave but geographically appropriate for someone who had spent much of their life in north London.
A modest controversy has now arisen over plans to make more space for graves in the area around where Marx is buried.
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