Though of a noble family, he was poor, and prided himself upon the independence that poverty gives; for what will not a man pride himself upon, when he cannot get rid of it?

One important new idea that emerged from Marx for our purposes is as follows: we saw work as an activity that was supposed to endow us with happiness and a sense of humanity. This was a strange new concept, and although it sprang up as a reaction against capitalism, there is no doubt that it is now part of the capitalist creed. How many of us talk

in 1932, the Great Depression had swept the country and Weaver, like many others, had evolved into a full-fledged Socialist.

people who experience the most adversity and oppression, the people who have always been at the forefront of progress in America.