December 5

(T)he revolutionary power which will socialise the instruments of labour taken from the capitalist class, will have to mount guard over the general interests of society served by the socialised industries, and in particular over the interests of those directly engaged in them.

Paul Lafargue
from Socialism and Nationalisation (1882)

December 4

We Communists...stand for the organizational unity of the labor movement; we stand for a great single mass Party of the proletariat.

Bela Kun
from The Most Burning Question: Unity of Action (1934)

December 3

The words Socialism and Communism have the same meaning. They indicate a condition of society in which the wealth of the community: the land and the means of production, distribution and transport are held in common, production being for use and not for profit.

Sylvia Pankhurst
from Future Society (1923)

December 2

And the imperialists? Will they sit with their arms crossed? No!

The system they practice is the cause of the evils from which we are suffering, but they will try to obscure the facts with spurious allegations, of which they are masters. They will try to compromise the conference and sow disunity in the camp of the exploited countries by offering them pittances.

Ernesto Che Guevara
from On Development (March 1964)

December 1

Our object is the economic freedom of the producing classes; this ultimate goal will be attained after a long and bitter struggle; therefore, our primary task is to organize the masses and lead them in the struggle for economic freedom.

MN Roy
from On Non-Violence and the Masses (November 1923)

November 30

All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality, they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are powerful.

Mao Zedong
from Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong (August 1946)