I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist. C. L. R. James findlabourleave Change image and share on social
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 acceptboisbooker Change image and share on social
I may as well say it, I have been married three times. C. L. R. James marrytime Change image and share on social
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 americancontemporarydepression Change image and share on social
The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation. C. L. R. James capitalistcontrasthome Change image and share on social
One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership. C. L. R. James americancharacterconsciousness Change image and share on social
The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class. C. L. R. James americanclassdevelopment Change image and share on social
In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as much against the government as against private capital. C. L. R. James capitaldirecteconomy share on social
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James blackformhundred Change image and share on social
It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more. C. L. R. James abolitiondecidehundred share on social
