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Newspaper
The Toiler
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
3
800 delegates at the Trades Union Congress, representing nearly 5 million workers, vote to back a general strike to compel the government to withdraw troops from Ireland and halt munitions production for use against Russia and Ireland. Delegates urge direct action, while government notes troops aid civil power.
The Fifty Seven Varieties unity in Chicago is seen as fragile and doomed. The piece rails at the Farmer-Labor Party as a classless protest without real power, arguing reforms won t fix capitalism and revolutionary action is needed. It criticizes Gompers for backing Cox and Democratic bosses, predicting Labor fate near the Potomac.
An editorial argues sympathy for workers will not feed them while government war costs dominate 1920 appropriations. Only about 1 percent funds education and public life, with 93 percent on war and preparations, exposing waste and alleged violence under the capitalist system.
A reflection on vacation necessity ads pushing face powders and beauty products. The author cites Thoreau and complains that modern retail culture chains people to artificiality, urges nature over cosmetics, and warns of a profit driven “ghost” haunting holidays.
A letter signed J. S. to The Toiler, July 1920, denounces Pope criticism and defends Debs, arguing workers face job loss under capitalism. It discusses unrest from unemployment, wage cuts, and factory closings in Akron and New England, and advocates worker ownership of industry to retain product value.
A bookstore ad promotes a selection of works on the Russian revolution and Bolshevism. Titles include Bolshevism at Work Lenin the Man and His Work Russia in 1019 Ten Days That Shook the World and Bullitt's Report on Russia among others with prices per copy and bulk order options.
A catalog listing many bound works by Feuerbach Engels Marx Kantzky and others on socialism, economics, science, criminology and fiction. Prices shown as 7½? or 7i per copy with bulk order discounts and multiple volumes described.
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