Gramsci describes a crisis of authority (hegemony) where the old order is failing but a new one hasn't solidified. This gap is fertile ground for dangerous phenomena as forces contend for power.

Quote card: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." — Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1930).

"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." — Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1930) · #gramsci #crisis

Fanon identifies the struggle for land as central to decolonization, representing both material survival and the restoration of dignity and sovereignty.

Quote card: "For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity." — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961).

"For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity." — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961) · #fanon #decolonization

Organization depends on shared analysis. For Lenin, theory orients practice, preventing spontaneity from dissolving into drift.

Quote card: "Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement." — V. I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902).

"Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement." — V. I. Lenin, What Is to Be Done? (1902) · #lenin #theory

A foundational statement of social constructivism, arguing that 'woman' is not a natural or essential category, but a social identity constructed through cultural norms and expectations.

Quote card: "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949).

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) · #debeauvoir #feminism

Though likely a paraphrase, this quote captures Goldman's belief that revolution must encompass personal liberation, joy, and self-expression, not just political change.

Quote card: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." — Emma Goldman, (Attributed) (1900).

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." — Emma Goldman, (Attributed) (1900) · #goldman #anarchism

Davis frames freedom not as a final destination but as an ongoing process of collective struggle against interconnected systems of oppression.

Quote card: "Freedom is a constant struggle." — Angela Y. Davis, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (2016).

"Freedom is a constant struggle." — Angela Y. Davis, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (2016) · #davis #freedom

Orwell links liberty to the right to affirm basic facts. Totalitarianism seeks obedience that bends even arithmetic to power.

Quote card: "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984

Federici argues that capitalism was built on the unpaid reproductive labor of women, making their bodies a central terrain of struggle against exploitation.

Quote card: "The body has been for women in capitalist society what the factory has been for male waged workers: the primary site of their exploitation and resistance." — Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch (2004).

"The body has been for women in capitalist society what the factory has been for male waged workers: the primary site of their exploitation and resistance." — Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch (2004) · #federici #feminism

Bookchin's core thesis of social ecology: ecological problems are rooted in social problems. Human hierarchy and domination must be dismantled to heal our relationship with nature.

Quote card: "The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human." — Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom (1982).

"The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human." — Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom (1982) · #bookchin #ecology

Lenin argues that capitalism's need for new markets and resources inevitably leads to global expansion, monopoly, and conflict between imperialist powers.

Quote card: "Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism." — V. I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916).

"Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism." — V. I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916) · #lenin #imperialism

Rules begin absolute and end with exceptions for the rulers. Each edit normalizes privilege as ‘clarification.’

Quote card: "No animal shall drink alcohol." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945).

"No animal shall drink alcohol." — George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) · #orwell #animal_farm

Emancipation redefines interest: when exploitation is totalizing, risk tilts toward struggle rather than accommodation.

Quote card: "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848).

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains." — Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto (1848) · #marx #manifesto

Lenin defines the state not as a neutral arbiter but as an instrument of class rule, whose primary function is to maintain the dominance of one class over another through force.

Quote card: "The state is a special organization of force: it is an organization of violence for the suppression of some class." — V. I. Lenin, The State and Revolution (1917).

"The state is a special organization of force: it is an organization of violence for the suppression of some class." — V. I. Lenin, The State and Revolution (1917) · #lenin #state

Rodney's core thesis: underdevelopment is not a lack of development, but an active process where the wealth of one region is created by the impoverishment of another.

Quote card: "The African economy is integrated into the very structure of the developed countries' economies; and it is integrated in a manner that is unfavorable to Africa and ensures that Africa is dependent on the big capitalist countries." — Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972).

"The African economy is integrated into the very structure of the developed countries' economies; and it is integrated in a manner that is unfavorable to Africa and ensures that Africa is dependent on the big capitalist countries." — Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972) · #rodney

Winston imagines that the majority, excluded from Party life, could upend the system. Masses matter where elite factions cannot move.

Quote card: "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949).

"If there is hope, it lies in the proles." — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) · #orwell #1984