"When the New Deal programs were passed in the mid 1930s, millions of workers were joining unions, striking, and occupying factories to fight for a better life. It was this radical labor movement that forced the establishment to make concessions."

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Source : Source: www.socialistalternative.org

Kshama Sawant

#Fighting Quotes #Joining Quotes #Movement Quotes

“In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.”

Source : "What Jack Valenti Taught Us All" by Matt Gerson, www.washingtonpost.com. April 28, 2007.
“Animals have few rights, but they have every right to be here”
“If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.”
“Why can't we all just get along?”

Source : "Can’t We All Just Get Along?" by Jenna Brownson, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2016.
“If you are drawn to the left hand path, it's usually because you've had some kind of life experience that has shocked you, awakened you.”
“I don’t think Ed Reed has to take a back seat to anybody who ever played the position. ANYBODY.”
“Life is only lived full-time by women with children.”
“We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart.”

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