in some of those cities too mostly in the cities where locations like here in moscow. approved by the authorities as well and most all we saw is some people being detained by the police to mostly those who are trying to block the streets. the german political theorist karl marx was born exactly two hundred years ago and his ideas on the revolutionary socialism are still a source of fierce debate across the world our europe correspondent peter oliver went to the city where marks grew up. germany is commemorating one of its most famous sound controversial think is saturday is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the author of the communist manifesto karl marx to say that his ideas of class struggle and the overthrow of the ruling classes by the workers were and remain divisive here well that is beyond understatement marx's ideas were truly at the root of the ideological division between east and west germany post world war

two but that's not stopping his place of birth tree in the south west from hosting a series of events to mark his big birthday bash. it surprised many when it was announced that the guest of honor at the big party in trio would be zhang claude younker the e.u. commission president hardly has proletariats credentials in fact the former prime minister of luxembourg has been accused in the past of exuding the worst excesses of the bush was he so perhaps mr younger has been

a closeted calm rate of marx all these years marxist con marx is not responsible for all the atrocities carried out by his followers his writings does capital and the communist manifesto change the world as we know it so marx's name and image has appeared all over the place from a major street here in the german capital to this t. shirt you can even save your capitalist penny just inside the heads of one of communisms founding think is marx has also appeared in more than a fair. a share of t.v. shows and advertisements as well. oh come on now have sweetie a dad. mars scientists are calling the list. to

. get. the ideas put forward by moxy alongside frederick angles haven't been consigned to the nineteenth hole for that matter the twentieth centuries a recent poll of people from twenty eight different nations showed that hall for them said to get a better society we should follow socialist ideals however it is worth noting that in the same poll around the same number said that political system is based on the writings of these two were far more likely to be oppressive the people of what they thought those mocks have a place in today's society and politics so when it comes to politics like maybe you

use it to get votes but it's now very early like that ideology and it has never been practiced so it doesn't exist and not only like about. economic inequalities but also other types of inequalities that could be used like they could use marxist theory to be examined in today's culture capitalism. the seals labor people from the workers. from from our point of view. it's still important you that my dear isn't good but it's not a utopia in reality things in the differently at marx's funeral in london in one thousand eight hundred three angles said his friend the greatest living thinker has ceased to think well that may well have been but two hundred years after his birth the ideas put forward by mach's continue to inspire others to think peter all of.

you heard from philosopher and cultural critic. about how marx and his works are understood in the modern world as we all heroes but he had almost this fame is very ambiguous you become a cult figure week means people don't really starve you don't really review and so on and so on marx to prevent him as an idol not only doesn't take mark seriously but also avoid confronting problematic in mosques his description of the movement of the global coffee over the growing between the poor and buried and so on and so on need to very act but the context is totally different he was. right in the wrong way mark's obviously big. well elaborate date field of state power what he thought state is such as take just

a second diety superstructure of thinks really happened in economy already in the soviet union it was proven that things don't work like peace states place a much stronger so different stuff today. to be a critique of marxist is to focus on problems which are going to get that by marx like their own state our economy itself. activists in scotland are calling for a second referendum on independence that story much more after a short break this is art international.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see you then. jim lives by two things by his emotion and he is so. in the long he places a very long lead he says so to speak of. long distance runner in politics and that's the way they underestimate. our welcome back to our international people took to the streets of glasgow on

saturday demanding a second referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. . on the march was led by a movement called under one banner which held a similar event last year around eighteen thousand people showed up which is twice the number that the organizers were expecting in september two thousand and fourteen scotland voted to remain in the united kingdom with the better together campaign winning by fifty five percent to forty five but according to jonathan shafi from the radical independence campaign support for independence has risen dramatically since then. what's fascinating about steve's demonstration.

by. no organized by. the style bush organization. it was a grassroots something the. communities the length and breadth of. demolished through the city so that tells you something that gives you an indication of the feeling in the country no only for the referendum and making their support for the rich. actually will you be willing to teach this jeep's to make their point to raise their voices and referendum i think it's safe enough to change this saying of things to come. schools in the u.s. state of illinois might soon have to change their curriculums to teach more about the contributions made by people in american history california made a similar move last year the plan has been approved by the state senate and we put it to a vote in the lower house it will promote acceptance and

a more accurate portrayal of history it is in direct contradiction to the clear christian beliefs of many in illinois well to discuss the issue further we invited media commentator load louden and human rights activist peter tatchell to offer their views. it's very important people understand the contribution that gay people of made i think is about informing straight kids so they understand l g b t issues. their prejudice is broken down if a history book or any book whatever write about me personally i wouldn't want them to leave with my religious background my ethnicity and certainly not my sexual orientation fantastic extraordinary people from tchaikovsky to richard the lionhearted their gayness or their bisexuality is not the major factor but it's just about acknowledging that l.g. beauty people have existed throughout history and have made

a very important contribution to the sciences the arts sport and culture well i think in an effort perhaps to be inclusive we've made a mistake a mis estimation if you will and what's happened is that a lot of groups have been taken advantage of by politicians who are willing to prey on people based on those identities i think that you know identity politics has been a response to exclusion because of decades of exclusion and marginalization some communities of how to organize it hasn't worked and what it's done instead is it's divided us up into little groups that then can be taken advantage of by politicians and jews right we don't want to be typecast about the fact that we're jewish or gay or black those are just one aspects of who we are but in some cases those are the aspects of who we are which other people target for hatred and discrimination my concern begins and ends where government gets involved in deciding who is relevant

who's not relevant who is more relevant and then dividing us into little groups because when government has enough power to do that they also have enough power to take that away. soviet war heroes who fought against nazi germany are being remembered around the world. ahead of the may ninth victory day celebrations the immortal regimental marches give people the chance to honor their family members who took part in that victory came up and went to a march in new york. so we're here to our city and we're walking along the new york harbor as you can see all around me we have a gathering this is gathering people to commemorate the victory over fascism during the second world war as much as people might view this is a russian gathering this is really a celebration of some of the good things about america as well let's remember that i mean during the second world war the usa came together with russia and defeated

the fascist menace and it's interesting this is kind of a family affair we're seeing a lot of you know couples with children we're seeing grandparents with their younger generation a lot of folks out here now the folks are carrying placards with the image of their relatives who died or fought in the second world war family affair it looks like a flower you know grain great parents and this is your relative yes this is my grandpa he was a pilot this is my grandpa grand grandfather he were disappointed in the world war two he died on the his way to berlin well i'm originally from kazakhstan and i'm here to commemorate his memory it's really important to thank him for what. each of these faces has a story a story about the battle to defeat fascism a story about you know kind of the goodness that kind of brings the american people in the russian people together and gives us kind of a common bond in history why it gatherings like this are so important i think just to show the camaraderie between americans and the russians. were so much

alike and i'm here as an american because i think the collaboration between the united states and russia is important for mankind there's a beautiful history of russians and americans not being at each other's throats not hating each other but actually being friends now listen they're singing some of these songs. songs that have become you know ingrained of the culture this is the second world war anthem we're hearing the crowd singing now as you can see a lot of russian americans we've got some folks from here in the usa native born american folks who want to commemorate the victory we've also got some chinese americans we've got some folks from central asia places like kazakstan coming together to commemorate the victory over fascism cable mop and r.t. new york all right that's it for me i will be back in about thirty five minutes with a look at your news stay with us. the

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