From Counterpunch.org
“Work is service not gain. The object of work is life not income. The reward of production is plenty, not private property. We should measure the prosperity of the nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty; the prevalence of health; the efficiency of the public schools; and the number of people who can, do read worthwhile books.
“The organized effort of American industry to usurp government surpasses anything in modern history. From the use of psychology to spread truth has come the use of organized gathering of news to guide public opinion, then to deliberately mislead it by scientific advertising and propaganda. Mass capitalistic control of books and periodicals, news gathering and distribution, radio, cinema, and television has made the throttling of democracy possible and the distortion of education and failure of justice widespread.
TheStateOf . . . DuBois. I (J) enjoy reading DuBois because he was far ahead of his time in many respects. But I am sometimes stunted by his embrace of Russian Communism, particularly his high praise for the dupe Joseph Stalin.
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