Georgi Dimitrov: Now history poses a dilemma for working humanity: either move on to new forms of production and social organization, or perish under the rule of imperialist barbarism. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Michael Parenti: The peoples of Eastern Europe believed they were going to keep all the social gains they had enjoyed under communism while adding on all the consumerism of the West. Many of their grievances about existing socialism were justified but their romanticized image of the capitalist West was not. They had to learn the hard way. Expecting to advance from Second World to First World status, they have been rammed down into the Third World, ending up like capitalist Indonesia, Mexico, Zaire, and Turkey. They wanted it all and have been left with almost nothing. wordsmith.social/protestation/…

Bhagat Singh: People get accustomed to the established order of things and tremble at the idea of change. It is this lethargic spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. wordsmith.social/protestation/…