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born 1940 France
Jules Régis Debray (born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, and political figure. Debray was most prominent in the 1960's composing numerous revolutionary texts and participated in guerilla warfare alongside Che Guevara.
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Condemned to exist in the present within the categories of the past, Trotskyism withers on the vine.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)
Today, self-defense as a system and as a reality has been liquidated by the march of events.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)
In each country that has experienced a revolution a confrontation has taken place between revolutionaries on one side and reformists and future renegades on the other.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)
In order to destroy one army, another army is necessary, and this ipmlies training, discipline, and arms. Freternity and bravery do not make an army. Witness Spain, and the Paris Commune.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)
All decisive revolutionary processes must begin and have begun with certain missteps for the reason that we have mentioned: because the existing points of departure are those left by the preceding historical period, and they are used, even if unconsciously.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)
We know that Trotskyism flies in the face of common sense, in that its strength lies in its division. It is everywhere and nowhere. It exposes itself by hiding itself. It is never what it is, Trotskyist.
Révolution dans la révolution? (1967)