“Rum is, after all, not born in the barrel. It is born in sugar. And sugar, historically, is born in violence.”
― RUM: Empire in the Glass
― RUM: Empire in the Glass
“in conditions of scarcity, in a barbarous epoch of history ruled by competition, this human need was transformed into the murder of whole peoples.”
― A People's History of the United States
― A People's History of the United States
“1. Working people control the government. 2. The government controls the economy.”
― Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation
― Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation
“My point is not to grieve for the victims and denounce the executioners. Those tears, that anger, cast into the past, deplete our moral energy for the present.”
― A People's History of the United States
― A People's History of the United States
“Full democracy is impossible under an economic system that depends on our lack of freedom.”
― Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation
― Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation
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