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.

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Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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