Syndicalism Critique and Plumb Plan Debate in 1920
A 1920 opinion piece contrasts Lenin's Soviet model with syndicalist schemes in Britain and the United States. It argues that true workers control risks costly government aid,burdens, and widespread waste, predicting clashes between powerful unions and national industries under syndicalist rule. It notes miners, rail workers, and the AFL wary of state or employer ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Plumb
American Federation of Labor
United States
The Man From Home Threat to Russia’s Future
The piece argues that if The Man From Home is destroyed it would mirror Russia’s ruin and force a Lenin style third expedient state. It warns of a final result collapsing courts, police, and capital under a military dictatorship and forced labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lenine
Congress
Built On The Sands and Fragments Of Reform Debates
A garbled column recounts a printer’s failed dream of owning a ready cut home from a Chicago seller and a union dispute over open shop labor. It blends editorials on labor, politics, and economics with assorted aphorisms and stray notes from 1919 1920 era debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chicago
Westchester County
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RIALS
Cambric
Madras
Chambray
Uffles
Mina Taysons
Genattin
Imi
Ieee
Moritha
Diasiens
Britain
Dr. Hession
New Mexico
Uruguay
Berlin
Dispatch
War Risk Bureau
H. Leslie Wildey
Extention
Summer School
Iowa State Teachers College
Estherville
Iowa
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
T. C
Cedar Fails
F. H. Sanderlin
Marie Sorum
Natherville
Graettinger Nursery
Graettinger
Lowa
Gammon Lumber Yard
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