The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

Quote by C L R James

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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So...

I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So...

It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany...

It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany...

My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were...

My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were...

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of...

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of...

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as...

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as...

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth...

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth...

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and...

The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and...

Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and...

Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and...

Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a...

Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a...

After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had...

After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had...

The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

I may as well say it, I have been married three times.

I may as well say it, I have been married three times.

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected...

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected...

Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said...

Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said...

First of all, Bolshevism represents revolution and the revolutionary struggle.

First of all, Bolshevism represents revolution and the revolutionary struggle.

In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from...

In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from...

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of...

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of...