by Daniel Giblin

It has been reported this morning (5/02/2019), that the Karl Marx memorial which is based in Highgate Cemetery in London has been shockingly vandalised.

It appears from the below pictures that it has been attacked by a person(s) potentially using a hammer.

The rise of the boot boys

It has not yet been suggested what group if any is responsible for this poorly executed attack, however, Britain has seen an upsurge of violent behaviour orchestrated by the ‘far right’ in recent months including targeted attacks of Mosques and picket lines of striking RMT union members. A number of far-right terrorist plots have also been reportedly foiled.

This attack has taken place the same week that the idea of erecting a statue of the neo-liberal zealot Margaret Thatcher in her hometown of Grantham in Nottinghamshire is being debated.

A spectre is still haunting Europe

The mainstream media in the UK since the rise of Jeremy Corbyn has across the board implemented an anti-left wing stance and carried out consistent red-baiting of all those on the left with any sort of platform.

It seems the Tory government and their media barons are hell-bent on stirring up McCarthyite style hatred to attempt to discredit their opposition.

Ironically despite this 200 years after his birth fearful stories across the establishment rags have been reporting a huge upsurge in interest in Marx, what he had to say and how it’s more relevant than ever due to the current sorry state of today’s capitalism.

It seems they may damage his memorial but they will never kill his ideas.