In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the...

In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the...

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...

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

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

I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the...

I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the...

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their...

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their...

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...