“It was not the right-wing Russians or the gun-toting settlers who carried out the Nakba. The Nakba is the legacy of Zionism's putatively socialist wing. It was the grandfathers and mothers of the "enlightened public" of today's Israel who literally drove tens of thousands of indigenous Palestinians into the sea in 1947-48 all along the Mediterranean coast, or who marched them at gunpoint to Ramallah.” TodayMotherSeaGunWingsIsraelLegacyEnlightenedGrandfatherPalestinianSocialistCoastIndigenousRight WingZionismSettlers Author:Max Blumenthal
“The ways sexuality plays out in political economies is central. And Cambodia's political economy is organized around this notion of family. So lesbianism is actually perceived as being threatening to a degree that it would have not been, for example, under socialist East Germany. But it's one of the essential issues of women's freedom: Do you get to do want you want to do with your body? Not if you don't know what your body is for.” IfsKnowsWayWantPlayBodyPoliticalEconomyIssuesExampleEssentialsDegreesNotionSexualityEastYour BodyGermanyOrganizedSocialistThreateningPolitical EconomyCambodiaLesbianismEast Germany Author:Anne Elizabeth Moore
“They [Rappites] were moving from Southern Indiana to Pennsylvania, where they had originally settled when they came from Germany. They were looking for someone who wanted to buy a pre-built town, which wouldn't have been appropriate for any kind of normal settlement. That's when Robert Owen [Welsh industrialist and utopian socialist] buys the village and founds New Harmony.” KindHas BeensWantedMovingFoundNormalBuiltTownsHarmonyGermanyAppropriateVillageSouthernSocialistSettlementUtopianIndianaPennsylvaniaWelsh Author:Christine Jennings
“If we take the pope at his word and socialism is highly preferable to capitalism and he was really concerned about these people, he would demand they go home. He would demand they return to their homelands wherever they are, if they were socialist.” PeopleIfsHomeReturnDemandCapitalismConcernedSocialismSocialistPopeHomeland Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Lenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism!” ArtYeahAbstractConspiracyRealismSocialistBourgeoisProletariatAbstract Art Author:Carl Andre
“That's the problem with the socialist model, because the socialist model - if you work twice as hard as I do, and you get just the same amount, pretty soon you decide that it's foolish for you to do more than I.” IfsHardProblemAmountModelsFoolishSocialist Author:Rafael Cruz
“In any socialist government, they must destroy all alliances other than your alliance to the government, and they want the government to become your God. That for you to totally depend upon government. So we become slaves to government, through taxation, through regulation, through all kinds of restrictions, that makes us not free anymore.” WantKindGovernmentDependsSlaveAll KindsRegulationSocialistTaxationRestrictionAlliancesSocialist Government Author:Rafael Cruz
“I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.” PeopleShouldMeanStillsIdeasUsedValuesSpeakSocialInterestJusticePrinciplesDemocracyUnderstoodSocial JusticeProfitCommittedRecognitionSocialistAdvancement Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“William Howard Taft, who he embarrassed in these congressional hearings, attacks him as an emotionalist and a socialist and a cosmopolitan in terms that kind of have an anti-Semitic overtone. And even the pro-Brandeis press supported him in terms that really seem creepy today. There's this piece from Life magazine. It says, "Mr. Brandeis is a Jew. And until now there's never been a Jew on the Supreme Court. Perhaps it's time we have one."” KindSeemsTodayTermPiecesCourtPressesJewHearingSupremeMagazinesSocialistEmbarrassedSupreme CourtCreepyAnti SemiticTaft Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Bernie Sanders is like those liberal members of the German National Socialist Party during the WWII, or of the Italian Fascist movement during Mussolini. They'd do much for their own workers and peasants, socially... as long as funds were flowing in from the countries plundered by their imperialism.” LongCountryPartyMovementMembersWorkersFundItalianSocialistImperialismPeasantsWwiiFascistsSocialist Party Author:Andre Vltchek
“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.” WellsFilmSituationMovementRevolutionSpringWestComplexesGenuineInstanceSocialistEgyptArab SpringTunisiaBahrain Author:Andre Vltchek
“I don't like to just talk of Africa, and south of the Sahara in general. No, I'll talk about the Third World in general. I'll like to say this - we in the United States would never believe that another form of goverment - I don't care even if it's against the racism, etc. - it is hard to get the masses of people to believe or accept that a socialist government will relieve them of most of the problems.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveHardStatesProblemGovernmentCareFormUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesMassRacismThirdsSouthDon't CareI Don't CareEtcSocialistThird WorldSaharaSocialist Government Author:Huey Newton
“There is a very strong socialist movement in Jamaica. I was in Jamaica years ago. All the talk, all day they talk politics. The literacy rate is very low. Everyone is so interested in politics, more than those who can read in the United States.” YearsStatesStrongUnitedUnited StatesMovementLowsYears AgoRateVery StrongSocialistLiteracyJamaica Author:Huey Newton
“What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like your local park and your local library - those are, if you like, socialist programs; they're run by [and] for the public, not to make money. I think in many ways we should expand that concept so that the American people can enjoy the same benefits that people all over the world are currently enjoying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayShouldRunningSocialEnjoyRealizingSecurityLike YouBenefitsConceptsProgramLibraryLocalsAdministrationMaking MoneyParksSocialistVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare Author:Bernie Sanders
“In my political philosophy - which is definitely more socialist Democrat than centrist politician like Hillary Clinton - I think regulation for banks and those platforms that Bernie Sanders had are good for the whole of America.” ThinkingPhilosophyWholeAmericaPoliticalPoliticianClintonDemocratRegulationPlatformsSocialistPolitical Philosophy Author:David Cross
“No matter what Donald Trump says, he has deep socialist leanings. He's a nationalist and a populist. And throughout history, whenever you combine those three things it never ends well.” WellsEndsMatterThreeTrumpNo Matter WhatSocialistThree ThingsPopulist Author:Glenn Beck
“I think it's been time for a new party. I think it's time for two new parties. If you watch the Democratic convention, that has become a socialist party now.” IfsThinkingTwoPartyWatchesDemocraticConventionsSocialistSocialist Party Author:Glenn Beck
“I have no problem if you want to be a socialist. But for those people who are in the middle, you know, I don't know if you're really welcome in the Democratic Party, and I don't even know who the Republican Party is anymore. I have absolutely no idea.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantIdeasProblemPartyMiddleRepublicanDemocraticWelcomeNo IdeaSocialistRepublican PartyNo ProblemDemocratic Party Author:Glenn Beck
“I was a minister in the Frente Popular (Popular Front) government, one of the three in Chile during the Pedro Aguirre Cerda years, and I was as much a Socialist then as I am today.” YearsGovernmentTodayThreeFrontsMinistersSocialistChile Author:Salvador Allende
“I still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not the same as being a utopian.” YearsBelieveStillsI BelieveSocialistParliamentUtopianI Still Believe Author:Salvador Allende
“In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.” CountryRussiaRealizationSocialistBolsheviks Author:Leon Trotsky
“The main task of Socialism - the organization of Socialist production - remains still in the future.” StillsTasksOrganizationRemainsProductionsSocialismSocialist Author:Leon Trotsky
“For the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, the efforts of one country are sufficient - for this we have the testimony of the history of our revolution. For the definitive victory of Socialism, for the organization of Socialist production, the efforts of one country, especially of a peasant country like Russia, are insufficient - for that are required the efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries.” CountryEffortRevolutionVictoryOrganizationProductionsRussiaSocialismSufficientSocialistTestimonyPeasantsInsufficientBourgeoisie Author:Leon Trotsky
“Only in the Fall of 1924 did [Joseph] Stalin discover that it is especially Russia, as distinguished from other countries, which can by its own forces build up a socialist society.” CountryFallForceRussiaOther CountriesSocialistDistinguished Author:Leon Trotsky
“Socialist economy cannot reject the huge advantages of the world division of labor: on the contrary, it will carry it to the highest development. But in practise, it is not a question of the future socialist society, with an established internal equilibrium, but of the given technically and culturally backward country which in the interests of industrialisation and collectivization is forced to export as much as possible in order to import as much as possible.” WorldCountryOrderGivenInterestEconomyHugeDevelopmentHighestAdvantageLaborContraryInternalsRejectsDivisionSocialistEquilibriumImportsPractiseDivision Of LaborSocialist Economy Author:Leon Trotsky
“The clearer and deeper the public opinion of the world, in the first instance the opinion of the working masses, will understand the contradictions and the difficulties of the socialist development of an isolated country, the higher will it appreciate the results achieved. The less it identifies the fundamental methods of Socialism with the zigzags and errors of the Soviet bureaucracy, the less will be the danger that, by the inevitable revelation of these errors and of their consequences, the authority, not only of the present ruling group, but of the workers' State itself, may decline.” WorldFirstsMayCountryStatesResultsOpinionGroupsDangerDevelopmentHigherAuthorityMassConsequenceAppreciateDifficultyMethodFundamentalsErrorsWorkersDeeperSocialismInstanceInevitableRevelationsContradictionSovietIsolatedDeclineSocialistBureaucracyRulingPublic Opinion Author:Leon Trotsky
“As long as the National Socialist Movement is leading Germany-and that will be the case for the next few centuries, no matter how often our emigrants conjure up the opposite view- this opinion will not change.” LongMatterNextViewsOpinionCasesCenturyMovementOppositesGermanySocialist Author:Adolf Hitler
“I was more tuned into the assassinations, the riots that were going on, like in Watts, and, in fact, my summer before my senior year in high school I went on the Experiment in International Living to Sweden, yes, with a group of students , you know, leisurely discussion over the summer about, you know, where we were going to go with our lives, and how did you how did, you know, being a born-again Christian mesh with being, you know, a socialist from New York.” KnowsYearsFactsSchoolChristianBornOur LivesGroupsNew YorkStudentsSummerHigh SchoolInternationalExperimentsDiscussionSocialistSeniorRiotAssassinationBorn AgainSwedenDid You KnowMeshSenior Year Author:Jill Stein
“Well, it had to be about the stories and the people who live under the volcano, what kind of new gods do they create? What sort of demons? And of course North Korea falls clearly into this category since the socialist revolution at the end of the Second World War. Somehow they adopted the myth of the power and dynamics of their volcano.” PeopleWorldWellsKindWarEndsStoriesFallCoursesRevolutionMythWar Of The WorldsDemonCategoriesSocialistAdoptedKoreaNorth KoreaSecond World WarDynamicsVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“Whether or not you agree with Bernie Sanders' version of socialism, it is enormously significant that, for the first time in US history, a presidential candidates who calls himself a socialist has had an actual shot at winning the presidential election. And to his credit, he has not backed down from the label.” FirstsWinningShotsFirst TimeElectionAgreeCreditSignificantSocialismVersionsLabelsPresidentialCandidatesSocialistUs HistoryPresidential ElectionPresidential Candidate Author:Kshama Sawant
“What Bernie Sanders is calling for is incredibly important. Things like a $15/hour minimum wage, single-payer healthcare, taxing the rich, and free education. The radical reforms he has popularized are a key part of any socialist program today.” ImportantTodayHoursRichKeysCallingProgramImportant ThingsRadicalReformHealthcareSocialistMinimumMinimum WageFree Education Author:Kshama Sawant
“I suggested a compromise to give the banks a year's time and see if they succeed in showing us that nationalization wasn't necessary. The year went by and we realized it hadn't done any good, that the money still ended up in the hands of the rich industrialists or friends of the bankers. So I concluded that it was necessary to nationalize the banks. And we did. Without considering it a socialist gesture or an antisocialist gesture, just a necessary one. Anyone who nationalizes only so as to be considered on the left to me is a fool.” IfsGivingYearsStillsDoneHandsLeftRichFoolSucceedCompromiseGesturesSocialistConsideringBankers Author:Indira Gandhi
“[Martin Luther King] King was a socialist and King was an activist who was really a radical by the end.” EndsKingsRadicalActivistSocialistLuther Author:Bill Ayers
“This has been a huge problem for a very long period of time that we have, that Mexico's economy and Mexico's socialist orientation makes it so that people want to come to the United States in such numbers. I wish that we could figure out a way to do this in a legal fashion because I believe in the Latino culture.” PeopleWayWantBelieveLongHas BeensStatesProblemCultureI BelieveWishUnitedNumbersUnited StatesEconomyFashionFiguresHugePeriodsI Believe InMexicoSocialistLatinoOrientationLong Periods Of TimeLatino Culture Author:Andrew Breitbart
“The Bolshevik revolution was a counter-revolution. Its first moves were to destroy and eliminate every socialist tendency that had developed in the pre-revolutionary period. Their goal was as they said; it wasn't a big secret. They regarded the Soviet Union as sort a backwater. They were orthodox Marxists, expecting a revolution in Germany. They moved toward what they themselves called "state capitalism," then they moved on to Stalinism. They called it democracy and called it socialism. The one claim was as ludicrous as the other.” FirstsSaidStatesBigsMovingGoalSecretDemocracyRevolutionPeriodsCapitalismClaimsMovedUnionsSocialismTendenciesRevolutionaryGermanyOrthodoxSovietExpectingSocialistThey SaidSoviet UnionMarxistMoved OnStalinismBolsheviks Author:Noam Chomsky
“For [Karl] Marx it is socialist society which realizes "concretely" the religious principles of equality, brotherly love, and freedom.” RealizingReligiousPrinciplesSocialistBrotherlyBrotherly LoveLove And Freedom Author:Erich Fromm
“I am a socialist. However, I have to add that what I understand by socialism is exactly the opposite of what many people, or most people, today mean by socialism.” PeopleMeanTodayOppositesAddSocialismSocialist Author:Erich Fromm
“If the Russians claim they are Socialist, this is just, I would say, a lie. They have no socialism at all. They have what I would call a state capitalism.” IfsStatesLyingCapitalismClaimsSocialismSocialist Author:Erich Fromm
“There are Marxists and there are people that are socialists. But the label of Marxist takes on a whole new meaning. Even socialist for a while took on a whole new meaning.” PeopleWholeLabelsSocialistMarxist Author:Glenn Beck
“We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.” TodayDesireMaterialsGrewGrew UpChinaLuxuryGoodsCapitalistSocialistLackingMaterialisticLuxury Goods Author:Ai Weiwei
“Malcolm X had a clear vision and an understanding that we were - that he was a part of a broad freedom struggle. As his vision became more internationalist and pan-African, as he began, especially in 1964, after seeing the example of anti-colonial revolutions abroad and began to articulate and incorporate a socialist analysis economically into his program, he clearly became a threat to the US state.” StatesUnderstandingVisionStruggleClearSeeingExampleRevolutionProgramThreatAnalysisBroadsSocialistClear Vision Author:Manning Marable
“When one goes to see Modern Times, for instance, one understands much more about socialism than listening to the man who was then head of the Socialist movement in Italy.” MenModernMovementHe ManListeningSocialismInstanceSocialistModern Times Author:Sergio Leone
“We have a centrist nationalist group of people in this country, lots of them, and we have a socialist group of people in this country, lots of them. And that's not, to me, the American idea.” PeopleIdeasCountryGroupsSocialist Author:Michael T. Flynn
“I'm not a communist, a socialist or a radical. But these issues have to be addressed.” IssuesRadicalCommunistSocialist Author:Edward Snowden
“I would say that today the real support for State power and totalitarianism comes from the Communist parties and the Socialist parties and, where they are sizable, the Trotskyist groups. They are the ones that really frighten me.” RealStatesTodayPartySupportGroupsCommunistSocialistTotalitarianismCommunist PartySocialist Party Author:Murray Bookchin
“We don't have to go around as the Protestant reformation did, or as the socialist revolution did, and execute each other as soon as we are successful - assuming we'll ever be successful.” SuccessfulRevolutionAssumingBeing SuccessfulSocialistReformationProtestantsProtestant Reformation Author:Murray Bookchin
“Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to all these liberal politicians and socialist politicians in my own parliament that, "Hey you are very happy here, you applauded the fact that Mein Kampf was outlawed in the Netherlands. If you are really consistent, you should, for the same arguments that you use as liberal politicians to outlaw Mein Kampf, outlaw the Koran as well."” IfsShouldWellsMadeBookFactsUseMy OwnPoliticianTerribleArgumentHeyConsistentSocialistVery HappyParliamentDutchOutlawHey YouMein KampfNetherlandsAdolph Hitler Author:Geert Wilders
“The society which we have built can in no way be termed "state socialism."The social organization which we have created can be termed a Soviet, socialist organization which has not yet been quite completed, but is in its root a socialist organization of society. The foundation of this society is public ownership.” WayStatesSocialBuiltRootsOrganizationFoundationSocialismSovietOwnershipSocialistThis SocietySocial Organization Author:Joseph Stalin
“Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and replaced by public ownership.” MeanHas BeensCountryLandPlantOur CountrySovietFactoriesOwnershipSocialistReplacedTransportationMeans Of Transportation Author:Joseph Stalin
“A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression of nationalities.” StillsCertainRegardPropertyOppressionInequalityExploitationSocialistUnemploymentNationality Author:Joseph Stalin