Marx In Lights
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43470315
Trier commemorates Marx with new traffic lights
alanjjohnstone wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43470315Trier commemorates Marx with new traffic lightsQuote:The anniversary of Marx's birth has caused some controversy in Trier after the city council voted to accept a bronze statue of the philosopher from the Chinese government last year.The sculpture is due to be erected in May, but critics say that honouring Marx ignores the suffering that took place under communist ideology in the 20th CenturyAnother opportunity, I would have thought, for the Media Committee to refute the claim that "communist ideology" was responsible for the tyranny which took place in Russia, but I won't be holding my breath.
And to protest against capitalist China being allowed to provide a statue of the man whose views have nothing in common with theirs. When I lived in Luxemburg I used to take visiting comrades to Trier which is not far away. What struck me about the Marx museum (Marx Haus) was that there was no pro-Leninist propaganda there. This was because it was run by a foundation associated with the German Social Democratic Party, which enabled it to be more objective. Taking a gift from a country like China could endanger this. It should have been refused, just as permission should have been refused to the Russian government to erect that monstrosity on Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetry
alanjjohnstone wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43470315Trier commemorates Marx with new traffic lightsHopefully they will be permenanty stuck on red
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