Third International Discovered by Elihu Root View
A critical polemic accuses Elihu Root of discovering the Third International and warns that international solidarity among workers threatens international law. The piece links Root to Wall Street funding, Leninist tyranny, and actions against dissent, signaling fear of a global workers’ revolution.
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Elihu Root
America
American Society of International Law
Washington
Root
Gary
Schwab
Morgan
Leavenworth
Lenin
Russia
Wall Street
Ludlow
Bayonne
West Virginia
Everett
Cossaks
Pennsylvania
The Railroaders Next Step in Amalgamation Movement
A lengthy analysis advocates uniting 16 railroad crafts into an industrial amalgam modeled on Britain’s National Union of Railwaymen. It argues federation failed alone and that amalgamation can defeat the railroads’ autocratic control, with radical leadership and a single national structure to secure workers’ power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
America
Knights of Labor
American Railway Union
Socialist Tradex and Labor Alliance
Uar
Europe
Russian Communist Party
Triple Alliance
England
National Union of Railwaymen of
Great Britain
The Toiler and The Irish People Labor Propaganda
Bundled issue details show The Toiler and The Irish People offered to workers in New York City with a one year subscription price of 2.50. Report notes a downtown attack on The Toiler for lacking a union label and a Michigan observer debate over which paper serves workers.
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Workers of America
David
New York
Rand School
David P. Berenberg
Ton
Gall
Feuerbach
Hilquits
Spargos
O'Neals
Bergers
Berenbergs
Saya
Lenin
Iabor
Russia
Congress of Soviets
Iriai
West
New York City
Central Trades and Labor Council
Say
Ing
Observer
Michigans
Teller
Michigao
May Day in Europe Sparks Hope and Tension Across Nations
A dispatch notes May Day demonstrations across Europe with workers in Britain Spain and Italy mobilizing while France faces economic strain and potential clashes. The piece cites Gannett via the New York Nation and argues Communists and Left Communists may wait for militarists to trigger a crisis, urging solidarity with French comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
England
Spain
Italy
France
General Confederation of Labor
New York Nation
Lewis Gannett
Germany
May Day in Japan sparks first nationwide demonstrations
The May Day protests in Kobe Yokohama Osaka and Tokyo drew hundreds of thousands of workers and students with red flags and banners. Women played an active role while police arrested 15 speakers including Sakai’s daughter. Police clashed with labor leaders Hanji and Suzuki as tensions rose.
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China
Japan
Kobe
Yokohama
Osaka
Tokio
the Times
Steel Trust
Gary
Indiana
Mikado
Sakai
May Day Arrests Across Cities During Red Scare
The period around May Day saw police raids and arrests as the Republican administration pledged no Red danger but workers and activists faced home raids and street harassment. In New York and Philadelphia numerous comrades, including women, were detained amid threats of violence, with Chicago reporting the largest crowds among major cities.
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New York
Gary
Philadelphia
Chicago
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Erxomontas
Logears
Tomer
Clark Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
the Toiler: Publishing Association
Lincoln
Third International
Trotzky
Nicolai Lenin
Zinovieftle
Comte
Wm. M
Brown
Kollontay
Mary Marcy
ONDA
Zeck Landon
Internal Council of Trade and Industrial Unions
Leseveky Hey AZ
Aera Ores Proletama
Kumenev
Bamland
Clare Ave
Gleveland
Lilroaders Nex
Trade Union Educational League
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Voltaire
Socialist Party
Jhas
American’ Socialist Party
Call
Rand
Proletariat
Pusding Ovenue
H. N. Brailsford
Wm, Z
United States
Znanje
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