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order not to fail him, I struggled against with a sense of | order not to fail him, I struggled against with a sense of | ||
foreboding which | foreboding which may never have entirely left me | ||
as I listened to what it was those agitators said | as I listened to what it was those agitators said | ||
as they harangued our people. Arise, proletariat | as they harangued our people. Arise, proletariat | ||
of America! Arm, exploited workers of the world! | of America! Arm, exploited workers of the world! | ||
Demand your share of the profits of industry. Combine | Demand your share of the profits of industry. Combine | ||
and fight your oppressors. " | and fight your oppressors. "In Solidarity lies | ||
your power - join the union"! | your power - join the union"! | ||
"Do they believe that? Do they all believe it?" | "Do they believe that? Do they all believe it?" | ||
Revision as of 01:37, 16 July 2021
who came, not to find work they could do and to raise families, but to stir up unrest and discontent.
I was deeply disturbed, agitated and grieved by what I heard that evening as I sat with my father before the oak logs burning on the hearth. In order not to fail him, I struggled against with a sense of foreboding which may never have entirely left me as I listened to what it was those agitators said as they harangued our people. Arise, proletariat of America! Arm, exploited workers of the world! Demand your share of the profits of industry. Combine and fight your oppressors. "In Solidarity lies your power - join the union"! "Do they believe that? Do they all believe it?" "Not all of them, but a lot of the more ignorant ones do. Unions are forming all over the north and even those men who don't want to, find it hard to stay out of them." "And if they join, what power do they gain?" "The power to strike. It's as simple as that,