Marx knew: A state of society In which the process of production Has the mastery over man Instead of being controlled by him. To buy and use. Rosa knew: The proletarian revolution Is at the same time The death knell For all servitude And oppression. Rosa knew: When the working class Seizes the entire power Of the state In its calloused fist And uses it To smash the head Of the ruling classes, That alone is Democracy, That alone is not A betrayal of the people Connolly knew: To increase the intelligence of the slave To sow broadcast the seeds Of that intelligence That they may take root And ripen into revolt; To be the interpreters Of that revolt, and finally To help in guiding it to victory Is the mission we set before ourselves. onnolly knew: Contemned and despised though he be Yet, the rebellious docker Is the sign and symbol to all That an imperfect civilisation cannot last For slavery cannot survive The awakened intelligence of the slave. Trotsky knew: A party or a class that rises up Against every abominable action Wherever it has occurred, As vigorously and unhesitatingly As a living organism reacts To protect its eyes When they are threatened - Such a party or class is sound at heart. Gramsci knew: Reality is the result Of the application of wills To the society of things: To put aside Every voluntary effort And calculate only The intervention of other wills Is to mutilate reality itself.