Miners Betrayed by Leader in British Strike
A critical analysis portrays the British miners strike as a warning and a landmark lesson for workers worldwide. It accuses Frank Hodges of surrendering over a national pool of profits while leaders of railway and transport unions are branded traitors for failing to stand with the miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Sankey
Frank Hodges
Hodges
Lloyd George
Independent Labor Party
Labor
Clynes
Henderson
Hodgen
Miner's Federation
Triple Alliance
Thomas
Cramp
May Day struggle marks a capitalist labor clash
The piece asserts a major labor versus capital confrontation on May Day with unions across trades in multiple cities voting on wage, hour, and condition disputes amid 5 million unemployed. It describes bosses arming for force, distribution of Communist literature, and a push to maintain wage scales, highlighting a tense open shop drive and calls for revolutionary spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cleveland
Gompera
Europe
Amer
Les
Ssn
Who Can Save the Unions by J P Cannon
The Central Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York urges reforms to fight the open shop. The author argues unions must reject alliances with non labor groups, declare war on the capitalist system, and rely on the working class to end exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trades and Labor Council of
Greater New York
Uni Te
Church
Inter-Church World Movement
Labor
Upion Labor
New York
New York Central
Soviet Russia
A. F. of L
LA. F
Planta
Gompers and Co
Haywood Arrives in Christiana to Attend Congress
Federated Press reports from Christiana Norway that William D. Haywood has arrived in Moscow and will stay until after the congress of trade and labor unions and the Third International meetings. The message confirms his plans to participate in upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Norway
Federated Preas
William D. Haywood
Moscow
Congress of Trade and Industrial Unions
Third International
Labor Unions and the Unemployed. By C. P. JACKSON
An analysis by C P Jackson on wartime democracy and the unemployed. He contrasts workers hunger with wartime profits, denounces Wall Street democracy, and calls for action by the A F of L. He urges mass organizing, strikes, and taxation to induce public works and relief for millions facing unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Atda
Lfe
Land of the Free
Wall St
Ireland
Hungary
Finland
Feem
Reinstein Attacks American Socialist Labor Party
William Paul interview with Comrade Boris Reinstein criticizes the American Socialist Labor Party for doctrinaire leanings and failure to unite with the Communist International. He compares British and American sections, notes De Leon’s influence, and questions the SLP’s relevance and tactics amid revolutionary changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris Reinstein
Socialist Labor Party
J. Price
Worker
Workers’ Committees of
Scotland
William Paul
de Leon
Russia
America
Reinstein
Communist International
Communist Party
Great Britain
de Leoniam
Marx
Lenin
Europe
Slander campaign against Haywood links IWW to Soviet ties
The slander campaign against William D Haywood by liberals and enemies within the labor movement failed to tarnish his record as a fighter and leader. Haywood stated that he would fight for the Soviet establishment in America and would return after completing orders from the International Council of Trade Unions. He sailed for Soviet Russia prior to his 20 year imprisonment in Leavenworth, rebutting cowardly rumors as he departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. D. Haywood
Labor
Soviet Russia
Communist International
Haywood
America
International Council of Trade Unions
Leavenworth
LW. W
Olasar
Reward for returning fountain pen from office search
A prize offer promises a free hand drawing of the dictator on a gallows for the government agent who stole The Toiler Editor’s fountain pen during a recent office search. The Teller’s bent cartoon is in the works and promises to render a good job on the Wheness if the pen is returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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J. P. Cannon
L. P
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