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“Trotskyism is not a new movement, a new doctrine, but the restoration, the revival of genuine Marxism as it was expounded and practiced in the Russian revolution and in the early days of the Communist International.”

Movement Revolution International Genuine Doctrine Communist Marxism Revival Restoration Russian Revolution

Book:History of American Trotskyism, The, 1928-38: Report of a Participant

Source: History of American Trotskyism, The, 1928-38: Report of a Participant

“The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation's development. A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success. Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.”

“Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well aware of how complex the situation really was. But it goes without saying is that the West immediately infiltrated and 'derailed' the revolutions, turning them into what you have described.”

Wells Film Situation Movement Revolution Spring West Complexes Genuine Instance Socialist Egypt Arab Spring Tunisia Bahrain

Author:Andre Vltchek

“If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.”

Ifs Knows Want Change Knowledge Learning Military Theory Revolution Taste Eating Direct Method Genuine Pears Knowledge And Experience Knowledge Experience Chinese Revolution

Book:Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works

Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works

“This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.”

Giving Social Born Situation Conditions Revolution Birth Genuine Massive Womb Upheaval Unendurable

Book:Why We Can't Wait

Source: Why We Can't Wait

“...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces.”

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Book:On people's democratic dictatorship: written in commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, July 1, 1949

Source: On people's democratic dictatorship: written in commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, July 1, 1949