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6. Deadlock of the Revolution: 1926-1928

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Serge, V. (2012). 6. Deadlock of the Revolution: 1926-1928. In Serge, V. Memoirs of a Revolutionary. NYRB Classics, pp. 227-282

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[...] I saw a woman hit in the face and thrown down the steps with her clothes half torn off. The manager came over to talk to me and told me quite coolly, “ What are you so shocked about? She’s nothing but a whore! Just put yourself in my shoes!” He is a Communist, this manager: we belong to the same Party.

what, in the end, is the party for?

—p.235 by Victor Serge 4 years, 5 months ago

[...] I saw a woman hit in the face and thrown down the steps with her clothes half torn off. The manager came over to talk to me and told me quite coolly, “ What are you so shocked about? She’s nothing but a whore! Just put yourself in my shoes!” He is a Communist, this manager: we belong to the same Party.

what, in the end, is the party for?

—p.235 by Victor Serge 4 years, 5 months ago

(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation / (noun) the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation

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Slander had no effect on his name, calumny and insult heaped on him rebounded ineffectually and ended up bestowing on him a strange new aura.

on trotsky

—p.273 by Victor Serge
notable
4 years, 5 months ago

Slander had no effect on his name, calumny and insult heaped on him rebounded ineffectually and ended up bestowing on him a strange new aura.

on trotsky

—p.273 by Victor Serge
notable
4 years, 5 months ago