Skip to main content
Three cheers for communism at Marx Oration at Highgate Cemetery

CROWDS at Karl Marx’s Highgate Cemetery tomb gave three cheers for communism today following the 2025 Marx Oration.

The event, which traces its history back to Friedrich Engels’s address by the graveside of his friend, takes place each year on the Sunday closest to the anniversary of Marx’s death on March 14.

Cuban ambassador Ismara Vargas Walter told those gathered that “Marxism is not a dogma, it is a tool for critical thinking … and for liberation.

Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Features / 22 February 2025
22 February 2025
Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN speaks to Ben Chacko about rail renationalisation, the Employment Rights Bill and why we shouldn’t write off this Labour government
Similar stories
Features / 4 March 2025
4 March 2025
Author RACHEL HOLMES invites readers to come to her talk in London about the great foremother of the working-class women’s movement – Eleanor Marx
Features / 16 January 2025
16 January 2025
The youngest daughter of Karl Marx and her unwavering humanity in the face of injustice remain relevant for our times, writes DANA MILLS
Full Marx / 27 May 2024
27 May 2024
Marx and Engels’ concern with soil provides a focus for understanding the relationship between capitalism and the environment, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Features / 19 March 2024
19 March 2024
The Star publishes the Karl Marx Graveside Oration delivered by Lord JOHN HENDY KC at Highgate Cemetery on Sunday, on behalf of the Marx Memorial Library