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factories and smoke

mandag, februar 17, 2003

"All three men lived long enough to see the organizations to which they had given so much of their lives battered or broken entirely. Gompers had come to trust the government that Debs hoped to take over and Haywood planned to smash. The government turned on them all—not all at once or with equal fury, but in the end without much differentiation. Corporations dominated the political landscape. Just as the military protected their interests abroad, lawmakers, courts, and the police protected them at home. As American historian W. E. B. Du Bois observed in 1924, 'Modern imperialism and modern industrialism are one and the same system.' "
(From the Folks who Brought you the Weekend. 173)

chew on that

.: posted by Kj 3:06 p.m.