Recently the Marxist society of the University of London Union met for a discussion on ‘Marxism and Darwinism’. The topic of this meeting was chosen in order to coincide with the recent exhibitions and publicity surrounding the 150^th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s masterwork, ‘Origin of the Species’ in November this year.

John Pickard, author of “150^th anniversary of publication of Origin of the Species” led off for the first time at a political meeting for 15 years before a meeting of about fifteen people, comprising students, Socialist Appeal supporters and other interested people.

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See also:

• 150th anniversary of publication of Origin of the Species by John Pickard (February 19, 2009)
• Engels and Human Development by John Pickard (June 15, 2000)
• Darwin's Untimely Burial - Despite reports to the contrary, the theory of natural selection remains very much alive by Stephen Jay Gould (October 1976)
• The Origins of Our Species by Rob Sewell (May 15, 2001)
• The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man by Frederick Engels (1876)