"Fascism is a caricature of Jacobinism.
Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
~ Leon Trotsky ~
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Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
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"In the meantime, the first characteristic of a really revolutionary party is -- to be able to look reality in the face.
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"For the information of these “friends” who consider themselves called to defend against us the role of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution, we gi...
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"Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. T...
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