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It’s a few hundred years old. Like slavery and serfdom before it, capitalist rule had a beginning. . . and will have an end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Only the revolutionary conquest of state power by the working class, \u003cem\u003econscious of our class position and conditions of emancipation,\u003c\/em\u003e can open the door to a future. One based not on dog-eat-dog capitalist exploitation, degradation of nature, subjugation of women, racism, and war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A world built on human solidarity. A socialist world.\u003cbr\u003e That’s what a long view of history helps us understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Informative, thought-provoking, iconoclastic, and highly recommended.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Midwest\u003c\/nobr\u003e Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Essential for understanding the world in which we live…Capitalism will not disappear by itself. It must be disappeared, through the struggles of men and women to transform society.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Fernando\u003c\/nobr\u003e González, president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Books like \u003cem\u003eLabor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e are important in the world today….They’re important for us in Cuba.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Víctor\u003c\/nobr\u003e Dreke, long-time revolutionary Cuban combatant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“George Novack’s \u003cem\u003eThe Long View of History \u003c\/em\u003e[now part of the new Pathfinder book] ‘opened my horizons’ to a materialist explanation of history.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Pedro\u003c\/nobr\u003e Pablo Rodríguez, lead editor of complete works of José Martí\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“People can go out and fight about everyday problems. But they need to transcend these individual situations as they fight. That’s exactly what this book is about.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Zuleica\u003c\/nobr\u003e Romay, director of Afro-American Studies at Casa de las Américas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e"}
Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity
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184 Pages
Edition: 1st
Year: 2022
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9781604881202
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