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“Only if you bring together the experience of the concrete struggles conducted by the real masses in the three sectors of the world (which are also called the three sectors of world revolution), then you have an overall, correct view of world reality.”

Quote by Ernest Mandel

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Ernest Mandel
Ernest Mandel

Ernest Mandel, born on April 5, 1923 in Germany and died on July 20, 1995 in France, was a prominent Marxist theorist, economist, and social activist in the 20th century. more

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