14 Thursday Jan 2016
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“Who would sell his labour power for less than it is capable of bringing in if he were not forced thereto by the threat of hunger?”.
Peter Kropotkin, Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal
[Read about Peter Kropotkin on the orgrad website]
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14 Thursday Jan 2016
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“Richard Hofstadter’s essay linked an interest in conspiracies or conspiracy theories with paranoia and with the loony radical Right. Hofstadter thus helped to contaminate the subjects for the liberal-left which then – and now – is unwilling to be associated with almost anything on or of the Right. For ‘serious’ people – academics, journalists, politicians – large areas of political inquiry have been contaminated ever since by an association with conspiracy theories. Hofstadter’s essay appeared just when questions were being asked about the assassination of JFK and his essay helped to shore up the ‘lone assassin’ verdict offered by the Warren Commission”.
Robin Ramsay, Politics and Paranoia
(See Acorn 20)
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