Leftist Literature Quotes
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Leftist Literature Quotes
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Marx analyzes religion as relief and protest in suffering. Critique targets the conditions that make consolation necessary.
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Marx analyzes religion as relief and protest in suffering. Critique targets the conditions that make consolation necessary.
Dominant culture reflects material power. Control over production shapes which ideas appear ‘natural’ or ‘common sense.’
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Dominant culture reflects material power. Control over production shapes which ideas appear ‘natural’ or ‘common sense.’
Language creep—‘with sheets’—masks the breach of principle. Power changes meanings to retrofit its comforts.
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Language creep—‘with sheets’—masks the breach of principle. Power changes meanings to retrofit its comforts.
A famous maxim urging a clear-eyed, sober analysis of reality (intellectual pessimism) combined with a determined commitment to act for a better future (optimism of the will).
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A famous maxim urging a clear-eyed, sober analysis of reality (intellectual pessimism) combined with a determined commitment to act for a better future (optimism of the will).
The metaphor frames a new politics already shaping events. Fear among elites signals an idea whose time has come.
January 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The metaphor frames a new politics already shaping events. Fear among elites signals an idea whose time has come.
Sankara identifies international debt as a primary tool of neocolonial control, urging African nations to collectively refuse to pay it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Sankara identifies international debt as a primary tool of neocolonial control, urging African nations to collectively refuse to pay it.
Another universal rule hollowed out by exceptions. Violence is rationalized once it serves the leadership.
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Another universal rule hollowed out by exceptions. Violence is rationalized once it serves the leadership.
Luxemburg ties socialism to robust dissent. Without protection for unpopular views, collective power hardens into rule by a few.
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Luxemburg ties socialism to robust dissent. Without protection for unpopular views, collective power hardens into rule by a few.
Engels links the rise of patriarchy to the emergence of private property, arguing that it ended matrilineal systems and began the systemic subordination of women.
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Engels links the rise of patriarchy to the emergence of private property, arguing that it ended matrilineal systems and began the systemic subordination of women.
A society internalizes surveillance when power is omnipresent. The line captures how control works best when people police themselves.
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
A society internalizes surveillance when power is omnipresent. The line captures how control works best when people police themselves.
A slogan that simplifies politics into tribal identity. Oversimplification prepares minds to accept later reversals without protest.
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
A slogan that simplifies politics into tribal identity. Oversimplification prepares minds to accept later reversals without protest.
Davis argues that prisons don't solve social problems but merely hide them, warehousing people discarded by a system that produces poverty and inequality.
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Davis argues that prisons don't solve social problems but merely hide them, warehousing people discarded by a system that produces poverty and inequality.
Fanon argues that colonialism is established and maintained by violence, so its undoing cannot be a peaceful transition. It requires a forcible seizure of power by the colonized.
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Fanon argues that colonialism is established and maintained by violence, so its undoing cannot be a peaceful transition. It requires a forcible seizure of power by the colonized.