New York celebrates 200th birthday of Karl Marx

Marx200: Class struggle in the age of Trump Sunday, May 6, 12 to 5 pm, New York City May 5, 2018, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. The revolutionary ideas, tactics, and strategies developed by Marx and his cothinker Frederick Engels have informed revolutionaries and struggles all over the globe, from Russia, China, Cuba and Korea to Haiti, Palestine, the Philippines and Burkina Faso. Today a new generation of revolutionaries is grappling with Marxs legacy. What is the working class struggle today, in the age of globalized capitalist exploitation and Trumpian white supremacist onslaught, police murders and ICE roundups Hear Larry Holmes, First Secretary of Workers World Party and a diverse group of youth and veteran activists and organizers sharing their perspectives.