Honarary Secretary of the Society for the Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies, Jean Turner delivers this years Marx Oration, organised by the Communist Party.

Two works vital to for understanding the development of the human race and the origin of life on earth were published in the mid-19th century – The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels  in 1848 and Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859.

This year's oration on the anniversary of the birth of the founder of scientific socialism, at the graveside of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, London , will be delivered by Comrade RENE MUJICA CANTELAR Ambassador, Republic of Cuba.

All party members, friends and allies are warmly invited to attend Highgate Cemetery, Sunday May 10, 2pm. Please assemble at the Chester Road gate 1.30 pm.

This year's ceremony will be followed by a Reception and social at The Star, Chester Road, 3 pm.

The annual Karl Marx Oration was originally given by Dr Carolus Wimmer - Head of the International Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), deputy in the national assembly of Venezuela and Vice-President of the Latin American Parliament - by Marx's gravesite on Sunday 11 May.

This year's oration on the anniversary of the birth of the founder of scientific socialism, at the graveside of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, London , will be delivered by Dr Carolus Wimmer, head of the International Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), deputy in the Parliament of Venezuela and vice-chair of the Parliament of Latin America.