Kyle Bronsdon
"I regret this war, but I never regretted the blood of the thousands spilled during the French Revolution. And the workers are learning how to stand alone. They are learning a lesson they will apply to their own good out in the trenches. Generals testify to the splendid initiative the workers in the trenches take. If they can do that for their masters you can be sure they will do that for themselves when they have taken matters into their own hands." --#HelenKeller
#IWW
https://archive.iww.org/history/library/HKeller/why_I_became_an_IWW/
Jun 27 at 5:57pmTusky
Show threadKyle BronsdonJun 27

The #IWW was founded on #HelenKeller's 25th birthday, June 27, 1905.

She joined 7 years later, saying "I became an IWW because I found out that the #Socialist party was too slow. It is sinking in the political bog. It is almost, if not quite, impossible for the party to keep its revolutionary character so long as it occupies a place under the government and seeks office under it. The government does not stand for interests the Socialist party is supposed to represent."

#labor #union