I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist.

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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...

It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in...

It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in...

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.

All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.

All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.

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...

I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and...

I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement 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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of...

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of...

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American...

One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...