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"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848) · #marx #manifesto
Quote card: "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848).
February 7, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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"The state is a special organization of force: it is an organization of violence for the suppression of some class." — V. I. Lenin, The State and Revolution (1917) · #lenin #state
Quote card: "The state is a special organization of force: it is an organization of violence for the suppression of some class." — V. I. Lenin, The State and Revolution (1917).
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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"The African economy is integrated into the very structure of the developed countries' economies; and it is integrated in a manner that is unfavorable to Africa and ensures that Africa is dependent on the big capitalist countries." — Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972) · #rodney
Quote card: "The African economy is integrated into the very structure of the developed countries' economies; and it is integrated in a manner that is unfavorable to Africa and ensures that Africa is dependent on the big capitalist countries." — Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972).
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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"If there is hope, it lies in the proles." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984
Quote card: "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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"Religion is the opium of the people." — Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1844) · #marx #religion
Quote card: "Religion is the opium of the people." — Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1844).
February 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas." — Karl Marx, The German Ideology (1846) · #marx #ideology
Quote card: "The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas." — Karl Marx, The German Ideology (1846).
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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"No animal shall sleep in a bed." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) · #orwell #animal_farm
Quote card: "No animal shall sleep in a bed." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945).
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." — Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929) · #gramsci #philosophy
Quote card: "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." — Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929).
February 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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"A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848) · #marx #manifesto
Quote card: "A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848).
February 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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"Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa, intended to subjugate its growth and development through foreign rules." — Thomas Sankara, Speech at the OAU Summit (1987) · #sankara #debt
Quote card: "Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa, intended to subjugate its growth and development through foreign rules." — Thomas Sankara, Speech at the OAU Summit (1987).
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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"No animal shall kill any other animal." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) · #orwell #animal_farm
Quote card: "No animal shall kill any other animal." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945).
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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"Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently." — Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution (1918) · #luxemburg #freedom
Quote card: "Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently." — Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution (1918).
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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"The overthrow of mother-right was the world historical defeat of the female sex." — Friedrich Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) · #engels #feminism
Quote card: "The overthrow of mother-right was the world historical defeat of the female sex." — Friedrich Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884).
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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"Big Brother is watching you." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984
Quote card: "Big Brother is watching you." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).
January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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"Four legs good, two legs bad." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) · #orwell #animal_farm
Quote card: "Four legs good, two legs bad." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945).
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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"The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited." — Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003) · #davis #abolition
Quote card: "The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited." — Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003).
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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"Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon." — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) · #fanon #decolonization
Quote card: "Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon." — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961).
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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"Who controls the past controls the future." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984
Quote card: "Who controls the past controls the future." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) · #orwell #animal_farm
Quote card: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945).
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong, Problems of War and Strategy (1938) · #mao #power
Quote card: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong, Problems of War and Strategy (1938).
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984
Quote card: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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"The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." — Che Guevara, Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965) · #che #revolution
Quote card: "The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." — Che Guevara, Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965).
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!" — Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program (1875) · #marx #gotha
Quote card: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!" — Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program (1875).
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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"Patriarchy has no gender." — bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984) · #hooks #feminism
Quote card: "Patriarchy has no gender." — bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984).
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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"The state is not 'abolished,' it withers away." — Friedrich Engels, Anti-Dühring (1878) · #engels #state
Quote card: "The state is not 'abolished,' it withers away." — Friedrich Engels, Anti-Dühring (1878).
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM