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Home » pa International Communist League Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal | International Journal of Socialist Renewal 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.

Trotsky.net Seattle Solidarity Network Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters | Journal of the mental environment Home Communism in Washington State Communism made a larger impact on Washington than almost any other state. “There are forty-seven states in the Union, and the Soviet of Washington,” Postmaster General James Farley joked in 1936. The remark, for all its exaggeration, had some foundation. The Communist movement, founded in 1919, caught on quickly in the Pacific Northwest, picking up members from the fading Industrial Workers of the World and Socialist Party. During the Cold War the issue of Communism and the prominent role of the Party in the affairs of Washington state became a powerful weapon for conservatives. Welcome to the Communism in Washington State-History and Memory project. The links at left and below bring you to the different project components: Video oral histories: watch excerpts from interviews with former members and associates of the Communist Party including Mark Brodine, B.J. History: Here is a detailed narrative of the history of the Communist Party in Washington State from 1919 to 2002.

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies - UW Friday, April 251:00pm - 5:30pm, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Husky Union Building, Room 250University of Washington, Seattle On Friday, April 25, 2014 the Bridges Center will convene Working Democracy, a conference discussing labor's response to growing inequality and the contemporary crisis of democracy. Anticipating the conference, we are launching a new website for updates on the event, reading lists on the conference themes, commentary from Bridges Chair George Lovell, and more. Bringing together activists, scholars, labor and community leaders, the April conference seeks to build the capacity of our political institutions to provide meaningfully democratic response to the growing inequalities in income, wealth, and opportunity. Please visit the Working Democracy website, leave a comment, and join the conversation! 2014-2015Silme Domingo& Gene Viernes Scholarship $5,500 scholarship for students entering the University of Washington. Deadline: Monday, May 19, 2014 Last Updated: 2/10/14 Upcoming Events

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