Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
James P. Cannon
Born: February 11, 1890
Died: August 21, 1974 (aged 84)
Bio: James Patrick "Jim" Cannon was an American Trotskyist and a leader of the Socialist Workers Party.
Known for:
- History of American Trotskyism (1944)
- Socialism On Trial (1942)
- The Struggle for a Proletarian Party (1943)
- Notebook of an Agitator (1958)