State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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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
It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS
ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections
KENNY MacASKILL remembers the woman who first translated The Communist Manifesto into English
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
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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