Marx and Marxism
Thinking Allowed
BBC
4.4 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Sociological discussion programme. May 2018 sees the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth. Laurie Taylor explores the philosopher's ideas and legacy.
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| 0:00.0 | Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of |
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| 0:08.0 | For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want |
| 0:14.4 | to share that science with you. |
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| 0:25.4 | calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.3 | This could well turn you into a Marxist. Do listen. |
| 0:35.0 | The people's flag is deepest dread. |
| 0:39.0 | It shouted off the marked to debt |
| 0:42.0 | And the Léllings, Screws dip and Of the Martin And Elling's crew stick and gold, |
| 0:45.0 | Their husband died in every fold. |
| 0:49.0 | Yes, the red flag, the British Labour Party's official anthem, first sung in the House of |
| 0:55.4 | Commons on the 1st of August 1945 following Clement Attley's sweeping victory. |
| 0:59.8 | And although, well, quietly suspended during Tony Blair's reign, still the traditional way to end every Labour Party conference. |
| 1:08.0 | Now, even though the singing of the Reagan flag appears to have been reinvigorated under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, if you look carefully, |
| 1:14.7 | it's still possible to spot a certain degree of uneasiness which the lyrics areouse in some of the |
| 1:20.6 | platform party. I mean, look again at those words, the people's flag is deepest red, |
| 1:26.1 | it shrouded off to our martyr dead, and there their limbs grew stiff and cold, their heart's blood died its every fold. |
| 1:35.0 | It's essentially a song about being prepared to die for one's beliefs, a song that |
| 1:39.6 | invokes hardly the gradualism of social democracy, but the glorious consequences of a people's |
| 1:44.6 | revolution. |
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