History Has Been Conceived--and With High Justification

Every Great Creative Idea, Formulated As A Philosophy, Has A Social Setting - In Time, In A Geographical Location, In A Political Economy, In A Matrix Of Interests And Knowledge. It Is Not A Free-swinging Phenomenon Like A Balloon Without Moorings. It Is Not Produced In A Vacuum And, Being Creative, It Does Not Work In A Vacuum. Nurtured On Things Experienced And Things Known, It Reaches Out Toward The Unknown Like A Flower On A Stalk Growing Out Of The Soil.

The Origin Of The Labor Movement Lies In Self-defense.

The Woman's Bill Of Rights Is, Unhappily, Long Overdue. It Should Have Run Along With The Rights Of Man In The Eighteenth Century. Its Drag As To Time Of Official Proclamation Is A Drag As To Social Vision. And Even If Equal Rights Were Now Written Into The Law Of Our Land, It Would Be So Inadequate Today As A Means To Food, Clothing And Shelter For Woman At Large That What They Would Still Be Enjoying Would Be Equality In Disaster Rather Than In Realistic Privilege.

The Trade Agreement Has Become A Rather Distinct Feature Of The American Labor Movement. ... It Is Based On The Idea That Labor Shall Accept The Capitalist System Of Production And Make Terms Of Peace With It.

Comfort, However, Easily Merges Into License.