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War of the Classes

Jack London

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .#8217;s tacit recognition of class animosity in the industrial world, and his fear, which language cannot portray stronger, that this class animosity may spread to the political world.  Yet this is the very policy which the socialists have announced in their declaration of war against present-day society—to capture the political machinery of society and by that machinery destroy present-day society.

The New York Independent for February 12, 1903, recognized without qualification the class struggle.  “It is impossible fairly to pass upon the methods of labor unions, or to devise plans for remedying their abuses, until it is recognized, to begin with, that unions are based upon class antagonism and that their policies are dictated by the necessities of social warfare.  A strike is a rebellion against the owners of property.  The rights of property are protected by government.  And a strike, under certain provocation, may extend as far. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Very dated now

Buen libro, ideal para aquellas personas que quieren introducirse en el socialismo. Ideal para liberales que carecen de formación política.

A unique, and at times strange, sort of manifesto for socialism. The essays different both in content and quality and I took a year’s break in reading the book halfway through. Wildly outdated at times particularly in his materialst/‘scientific socialism’ arguments which made more sense, albeit stil

Well written

This well written book lead me to realize how little the word has changed over the last 100 years. It saddens me to see people treated as disposable commodities and pawns.

”The one commodity that labor had to sell was muscle. The honor of labor had no price in the market place. Labor had muscle, and muscle alone, to sell. […] So I risolved to sell no more muscle, and to become e vender of brains. Then began a frantic pursuite of knowledge. […] While thus equipping mys

I don't know enough Socialist thought to give a decent critique of this book. Some comments seems relevant and some obsolete. I am a dyed in the wool unionist. I think unions have largely been made obsolete by the political actions of the 1% ers. One of their most pernicious acts is to convince a w

A very intense (socially and politically) book. Jack London, obviously influenced by Karl Marx's & Friedrich Engels' "Communist Manifesto" writes his youth story in a cruel U.S.A. during difficult times.

Ένα αρκετά έντονο (κοινωνικά και πολιτικά) βιβλίο. Φανερά επηρεασμένος από το "Κομμουνιστικό Μανι

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