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Raymond Williams (31 August 1921 - 26 January 1988) was a highly influential Welsh academic, novelist and critic. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature reflected his Marxist outlook. He was an influential figure within the New Left..

"It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgment, to which I still hold. When I was young its name was socialism. We can be deflected by names. But the need was absolute, and is still absolute."

Williams, Raymond on socializing and socialism    Share

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"What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart."

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