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

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

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.

All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...