If You Are Not Their Slaves, You

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.

It Is Toussaint's Supreme Merit That While He Saw European Civilisation As A Valuable And Necessary Thing, And Strove To Lay Its Foundations Among His People, He Never Had The Illusion That It Conferred Any Moral Superiority. He Knew French, British, And Spanish Imperialists For The Insatiable Gangsters That They Were, That There Is No Oath Too Sacred For Them To Break, No Crime, Deception, Treachery, Cruelty, Destruction Of Human Life And Property Which They Would Not Commit Against Those Who Could Not Defend Themselves.

The Country Has Undergone A Profound Social Upheaval, The Greatest The Proletariat Has Ever Known.

This Independent Negro Movement Is Able To Intervene With Terrific Force Upon The General Social And Political Life Of The Nation, Despite The Fact That It Is Waged Under The Banner Of Democratic Rights ... [and] Is Able To Exercise A Powerful Influence Upon The Revolutionary Proletariat, That It Has Got A Great Contribution To Make To The Development Of The Proletariat In The United States, And That It Is In Itself A Constituent Part Of The Struggle For Socialism.

Property-owners Are The Most Energetic Flag-waggers And Patriots In Every Country, But Only So Long As They Enjoy Their Possessions: To Safeguard Those They Desert God, King And Country In A Twinkling.