Happy Birthday Karl!
Happy birthday, Karl Marx! Marx’s analysis of a world transforming under the pressures of capitalism, imperialism, and reactionary conservatism is foundational to socialist and communist movements around the world.
May 8, 2026
Reading, thinking, and writing under the watchful eye of Prussian spymasters, in the salons of Paris, and, most famously, in the Reading Room of the British Library, Karl Marx saw through the optimistic veil of capitalist triumphalism to see the exploitative and inhumane forces that made capitalism work. In its place, he foresaw a socialist future where the immense output of capitalist production was controlled by workers and distributed to all.
Celebrate Marx’s memory with a slice of cake and a celebratory reading of his final thesis on Feuerbach: “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.”
Reading, thinking, and writing under the watchful eye of Prussian spymasters, in the salons of Paris, and, most famously, in the Reading Room of the British Library, Karl Marx saw through the optimistic veil of capitalist triumphalism to see the exploitative and inhumane forces that made capitalism work. In its place, he foresaw a socialist future where the immense output of capitalist production was controlled by workers and distributed to all.
Celebrate Marx’s memory with a slice of cake and a celebratory reading of his final thesis on Feuerbach: “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.”