Raymond Williams
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.
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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.
— Raymond Williams
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.
— Raymond Williams