Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war.
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most in slaughterhouses?
Is it men or women who are
most involved in... O ANNA NIEMUS We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been kill... JACK REED Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defen... GEORGE ORWELL Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much mor... MONICA CROWLEY War is not about victory or defeat. It is about the total failure of human spirit. When you see the ... ROBERT FISK Growing up during the Cold War, I remember the seemingly imminent threat of nuclear war. In primary ... MIKE QUIGLEY I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But t... BILL AYERS The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World W... FEISAL ABDUL RAUF
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