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Max Shachtman Quotes

1904–1972 United States

Max Shachtman (September 10, 1904 – November 4, 1972) was an American politician.

United States
Marxists

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. . . You have discovered the class struggle, or rather its reflection, in the ranks of the party.

. . . the Negro in Africa had reared mighty empires, and astonishingly advanced achievements are linked with his race in the annals of mankind.

. . . The imperialism of the bureaucratic-collectivist states is different from that of the capitalist states. But the economic motive forces behind the one are no less powerful than in the case of the other. Only ignoramuses – people who know nothing about history and nothing about Lenin's theory of imperialism – can conceive of imperialism as a phenomenon unique to capitalist society.

. . . Neither Washington nor Moscow but the Third Camp of Independent Socialism!

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Max Shachtman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.