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Alexander Berkman Mother Earth

Observations and Comments on Legal Justice – Mother Earth (1912)

“It was demonstrated during the trial that all safety requirements were entirely ignored by the bosses. The owners of the factory were concerned solely with the question of profits.”

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Emma Goldman Mother Earth

Woman Without a Country – Emma Goldman (1933)

“Future historians will wonder at the peculiar phenomenon of American war psychology…”

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Leonard D. Abbott Mother Earth

Let Us Make War Against War – Leonard D. Abbott (1914)

“Let us realize more and more clearly that the war worth fighting is not between countries, but between ideals of life.”

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Blast Mother Earth Rebekah E. Raney

The Meaning of Margaret Sanger’s Stand – Rebekah E. Raney (1916)

“Man, with all his intellect and sagacity, has chiefly succeeded in marring the very coating of the earth with the bleached corpuscles of his own sons.”

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Mother Earth W. S. Van Valkenburgh

War and the Worker – W. S. Van Valkenburgh (1915)

“Therefore, how futile it is for an Anarchist above all to take sides with any government. He not only discredits himself with his comrades but he places himself in a ridiculous position with those whose side he adheres to.”

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James Peter Warbasse Mother Earth

Concerning Atrocities – James Peter Warbasse (1915)

“How can that break down which has not been built up? How can that become debauched which already is debauched and debauching?”

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Emma Goldman Mother Earth

Good Prospects for Anti-Militarism – Emma Goldman (1916)

“There are many who perceive that they have been tricked out of their homes and jobs by a cheap phraseology, the emptiness and deception of which they now feel keenly enough.”

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Leonard D. Abbott Mother Earth

The War Hysteria and Our Protest – Leonard D. Abbott (1917)

“War inevitably means the steam-roller. It means crushing out every spark of initiative, of independence of mind.”

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Emma Goldman Mother Earth

Observations and Comments on the Vote – Emma Goldman (1915)

“To perpetuate stupidity and ignorance, nothing could be invented more effective than the Vote.”

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Mother Earth W. S. Van Valkenburgh

The Echo from Erin – W. S. Van Valkenburgh (1916)

“The heartlessness of the Government’s hasty reprisal is indicative of its sincerity in the stand that small nations must be guaranteed their freedom.”

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