Revolutionary Leaders Must Accept Positions to Guide Workers
The text argues that workers will lose momentum if revolutionary leaders refuse executive roles. It warns against false radicalism and claims true revolutionaries control their representatives, urging constant testing to separate genuine leaders from chaff. The piece stresses unity and accountability within Left unions.
John Reed Believed in Liberty unto Death
A Columbus Citizen editorial honors John Reed, Harvard graduate, journalist, and exile who died of typhus in Moscow after supporting the Russian liberty movement. It notes his imprisonment in Finland, his wife Louise Bryant’s attempt to join him, and his choice to stay in Russia. The piece extols Reed’s belief that those who produce wealth should share it and that liberty requires sacrifice.
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