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Industrial Worker

That Sucker, the Patriot – Industrial Worker (1916)

“The ‘patriot’ doesn’t stop to question whether he is doing right or whether he is doing wrong, but will go forth and kill somebody of some other nation even if he knows he is in the wrong.”

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Industrial Worker

Industrialism is not Syndicalism – Industrial Worker (1913)

“The I.W.W. does not neglect propaganda among the skilled workers, but it particularly addresses itself to the unskilled, migratory workers who form the bulk of the working class.”

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Industrial Worker Vincent St. John

A Rebel May Day – Industrial Worker (1909)

“Let us not forget on May Day, Labor Day, to honor the memories of all our martyred dead, whose struggle, sufferings and death have made possible even the agitation for better things for the workers.”

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Industrial Worker

Manufacturing Psychology – Industrial Worker (1910)

“The latest stunt of the boss is to use the moving picture shows as an instrument to mould the minds and ideas of the workers.”

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Alexander Berkman Anna Strunsky Industrial Worker Mother Earth T-Bone Slim

Suicide – Anna Strunsky (1915)

“Life must never become a habit, you said. It must be a triumph, it must be a consecration.”

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Industrial Worker T-Bone Slim

How to End War – T-Bone Slim (1939)

“The ‘doing away with war’ must be predicated upon the presumption that it must be done outside the magic circle of overlords and their stooges…”

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Industrial Worker Regeneración Ricardo Flores Magón

To the American People – Ricardo Flores Magón (1911)

“Therefore our chain is your chain. The problem of hunger is universal.”

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Caroline Nelson Industrial Worker

Patriotism A Bloody Monster – Caroline Nelson (1912)

“Now aren’t we proud to raise our sons and daughters ready to stab us in the name of patriotism?”

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Industrial Worker

Insurrection Rather Than War – Industrial Worker (1911)

“I refuse to wet the earth with blood and blind eyes with tears.”

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Industrial Worker

Hell Here, No Hereafter – Industrial Worker (1911)

“Hades is not beyond the tomb,
As some people gravely tell”

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