Author: C. L. R. James

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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.

My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.

- C. L. R. James

Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the subordination which Booker T. Washington had preached.

Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the subordination which Booker T. Washington had preached.

- C. L. R. James

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

- C. L. R. James

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

- C. L. R. James

It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated.

It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated.

- C. L. R. James

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.

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.

- C. L. R. James

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

- C. L. R. James

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.

As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.

- C. L. R. James

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.

- C. L. R. James

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