It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more.

Quote by C L R James

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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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

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...

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...

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...

I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.

I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.