The Issue Is Socialism Versus Capitalism. I

Capitalism Needs And Must Have The Prison To Protect Itself From The Criminals It Has Created.

No War By Any Nation In Any Age Has Ever Been Declared By The People.

Speaking Of Myself, I Was Made To Realize Long Ago That The Old Trade Union Was Utterly Incompetent To Deal Successfully With The Exploiting Corporations In This Struggle. I Was Made To See That In Craft Unionism The Capitalist Class Have It Within Their Power To Keep The Workers Divided, To Use One Part Of Them To Conquer And Crush Another Part Of Them. Indeed, I Was Made To See That The Old Form Of Unionism Separates The Workers And Keeps Them Helpless At The Mercy Of Their Masters.

If You Go To The City Of Washington, And You Examine The Pages Of The Congressional Directory, You Will Find That Almost All Of Those Corporation Lawyers And Cowardly Politicians, Members Of Congress, And Misrepresentatives Of The Masses - You Will Find That Almost All Of Them Claim, In Glowing Terms, That They Have Risen From The Ranks To Places Of Eminence And Distinction. I Am Very Glad That I Cannot Make That Claim For Myself. I Would Be Ashamed To Admit That I Had Risen From The Ranks. When I Rise It Will Be With The Ranks, And Not From The Ranks.

One Glance Proves Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt That These Unions (railroad Craft Unions) Are Exceedingly Useful To The Corporations; And To The Extent That They Serve The Economic And Political Purposes Of The Corporations, They Are The Foes – And Not The Friends – Of The Working Class.