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CPC - Center for Politics and Communication. Internet Archive Library, Complete Index of Writers. Collection of Classics in Political Science. Politics - Videos on the People, Issues, and Ideas Changing the World. Marxist Internet Subject Archive. Famous Quotes Famous quotes from Hegel, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Mao and other communists with links to the context on the Marxists Internet Archive. The only source on the internet of genuine, sourced Marxist quotations. In addition, you get a randomly selected “Quote-of-the-Day” from one of the collections, for you to ponder.

Selected Marxist Writers The works of 18 pre-World War Marxists, who together provide a broad base of Marxist thinking shared across most of the differing currents of communism of the present time: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Paul Lafargue, Karl Kautsky, George Plekhanov, Clara Zetkin, Daniel De Leon, Vladimir Lenin, Nikolai Bukharin, Leon Trotsky, Alexandra Kollontai, James Connolly, Rosa Luxemburg, José Carlos Mariátegui, Antonio Gramsci, M.

21st Century Assassinations. More Infographics on Good. Selection bias in politics: There was a lawyer, an engineer and a politician... What's the story on diplomatic immunity? A Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board November 1, 2005 Dear Straight Dope: What is diplomatic immunity? I've heard it bandied about in books and TV shows and movies, where it's generally given as the reason that the good-guy cop can't arrest the bad guy, even though the bad guy has just committed some heinous crime. The bad guy generally delivers some line like "You can't touch me! — Jon in Dallas There are several kinds of criminal immunity--that is, exemption from criminal liability granted by statute or process of law to an individual or group. Diplomatic immunity is another such exemption. In the United States, the State Department maintains a twenty-four-hour hotline for use by local law enforcement to verify the current status of any arrestee who claims diplomatic immunity.

First and foremost, the diplomat is still covered by the laws of his home country, and may be prosecuted under those laws for any crimes he commits in the host country. Sources: — Bricker.