14/03/2026
"On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think," said Friedrich Engels in his speech at the grave of Karl Marx. Today is the 143rd death anniversary of Marx. To quote Engels:
"Marx was before all else a revolutionist. His real mission in life was to contribute, in one way or another, to the overthrow of capitalist society and of the state institutions which it had brought into being, to contribute to the liberation of the modern proletariat, which he was the first to make conscious of its own position and its needs, conscious of the conditions of its emancipation. Fighting was his element. And he fought with a passion, a tenacity and a success such as few could rival."
As Engels said, Marx's name will endure through the ages, and so also will his work. Red Salute, Comrade!
