I'm just going to say a few words on behalf
of the communist party in this country, the
Communist Party of Great Britain Marxist-Leninst,
whom I represent.
Today is, as you know, the 200th anniversary
of the world historic genius who was Karl
Marx. The man who made it abundantly clear
for the first time that capitalism was not
going to rule the world forever.
That there had been feudalism before, there
had been slavery before, and that capitalism
like all of the previous systems was not going
to live forever. And we know that more than
ever now. Capitalism is in crisis, we feel
it in our daily lives, and we would argue,
and do argue in fact, that the fight for socialism,
the fight for a change, the fight for a new
communist society is more on the agenda now
than it ever was.
So we honour the father of the socialist and
communist movement, we honour Karl Marx today.
Please put your hands together in memory of
Karl Heinrich Marx. [applause]
