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[...] Trade-unionism, by its very nature, was addicted to the status quo. Its dialectic of partial conquests--if we ask for more we might lose what we have already won--made it a defensive, conservative and insufficient force. [...]
[...] Trade-unionism, by its very nature, was addicted to the status quo. Its dialectic of partial conquests--if we ask for more we might lose what we have already won--made it a defensive, conservative and insufficient force. [...]
Jacobin
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The Society of the Friends of the Constitution, after 1792 renamed Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality, commonly known as the Jacobin Club (Club des Jacobins) or simply the Jacobins; the most famous and influential political club in the development of the French Revolution
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Lenin [...] had insisted the only credible goal was to turn the imperialist war into a civil war. The enemy was at home. Another manifestation of Jacobin voluntarism, his opponents had mocked.
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Lenin [...] had insisted the only credible goal was to turn the imperialist war into a civil war. The enemy was at home. Another manifestation of Jacobin voluntarism, his opponents had mocked.
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7 years, 3 months ago