Anti-Syllabus and Tom Strang Killed

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Anti-Syllabus and Tom Strang Killed (1886)
Friedrich Krasser and John Donnelly Brophy, translated by Lily Curry
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No. 1 in the Labor Library

Friedrich Krasser and John Donnelly Brophy4131082Anti-Syllabus and Tom Strang Killed1886Lily Curry
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No. 1.
Price 3 Cents.

LABOR LIBRARY.

Published fortnightly.
December 19, 1885.
Per Year, $3.00.
In memory of Thomas Strang, who was shot on Corning's Island, Aug. 7, 1885, while stealing a few potatoes to feed his starving children. May he rest in peace.

Anti-Syllabus

AND

Tom Strang Killed.

Two thrilling facts for wage-slaves.

If Socialism were the law in America, every worker would get at least four times his present wages for half his present work. Don't you call that practical politics?—"Justice."

Entered at the Post Office, New York city, as second-class matter.

New York.
JULIUS BORDOLLO AND COMPANY,
705 Broadway.

1886.

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MEN OF LABOR.

Men of Labor, wherefore plough
For the lords who lay ye low?
Wherefore weave with toil and care
The rich robes your tyrants wear?

Wherefore feed and clothe and save,
From the cradle to the grave,
Those ungrateful drones who would
Drain your sweat—nay, drink your blood?

Wherefore, toilers, do ye forge
Many a weapon, chain and scourge,
That these stingless drones may spoil
The forced produce of your toil?

Have ye leisure, comfort, calm,
Shelter, food, love's gentle balm?
Or what is it ye buy so dear
With your pain and with your fear?

The seed ye sow another reaps;
The wealth ye find another keeps;
The robes ye weave another wears,
The arms ye forge another bears.

Sow seed—but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth—let no impostor heap;
Weave robes—let not the idle wear;
Forge arms, in your defense to bear.

—The Poet Shelley's Address to the Men of England.

Wage-Laborers of all Countries, Unite!

Not until the laborers control the political as well as the economical forces can they enjoy the fruits of their labor.

You must support the labor press, start free labor reading-rooms and libraries, read labor literature, educate yourselves, study the labor problem, hear both sides, think and Judge for yourselves, look at the capitalistic press with a critical and distrusting eye, emancipate yourselves from both the old corrupt and decayed political parties, freely discuss the wage-system in labor lyceums, and you will convince yourselves that the

SOCIALISTIC LABOR PARTY

will be the future party in all civilized countries, having as its only opponent the capitalists and their satellites.

JOIN THE SOCIALISTIC LABOR PARTY.

For more particulars, address or call at the

National Executive Committee, S. L. P.,

56 EAST FOURTH STREET,

New York City.

Platform and constitution mailed free to any address, on application.

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Original:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

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