By 'socialism' I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or economic power over another. The touchstone would be the extent to which each individual could develop his own… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense in the present era than the Marxist relativist and historical approach. The pacifists also seem to be more… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense in the… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
A foundation is a large amount of money completely surrounded by people who want some. — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
By 'socialism' I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or economic power… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
I now see Norman Thomas as indeed a liberal, but as a real, old-fashioned, unreconstructed liberal who believes in freedom and justice for everybody. — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
One cannot demand that anybody be a hero, though one can hope for it. — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
Paul Newman is simply not an actor and possibly not even alive; seems to be carved from wood, his movements stiff and jerky as… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance". — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
