Socialism: An Examination of Its Nature, Its Strength and Its Weakness, with Suggestions for Social ReformThomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1894 - 449 стор. |
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Сторінка 304 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
Сторінка 251 - ? " They look up with their pale and sunken faces; And their look is dread to see, For they mind you of their angels in high places, With eyes turned on Deity. — 1 How long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world on a child's heart,
Сторінка 360 - of production, distribution, and exchange, to be controlled by a democratic state in the interests of the entire community, and the complete emancipation of labor from the domination of capitalism and landlordism, with the establishment of social and economic equality between the sexes. PROGRAM. 1. All officers or administrators to be elected by equal direct
Сторінка 251 - how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path; But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath 1'
Сторінка 358 - the idle class now living on the labor of others will necessarily disappear, and practical equality of opportunity will be maintained / by the spontaneous action of economic forces with much less interference with personal liberty than the present system entails. For the attainment of these ends the Fabian Society looks to the spread of socialist opinions, and the social and
Сторінка 372 - 14 years of age to be compulsory, gratuitous, and accessible to all by public assistance in meals, clothing, books, etc., where necessary. 11. Repeal of all pauper, tramp, conspiracy, and sumptuary laws. Unabridged right of combination. 12. Official statistics concerning the condition of labor. Prohibition of the employment of children of school age, and
Сторінка 67 - and gas and electric plants for public distribution of light, heat, and power. 9. The nationalization of telegraphs, telephones, railroads, and mines. 10. The collective ownership by the people of all means of production and distribution. 11. The
Сторінка 21 - This society issues a program, in which it is stated that, as it consists of socialists, it aims " at the reorganization of society by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership, and the vesting of them in the community for the general benefit." It is added that "the society works for the transfer to the community of the administration of such
Сторінка 372 - 11. Repeal of all pauper, tramp, conspiracy, and sumptuary laws. Unabridged right of combination. 12. Official statistics concerning the condition of labor. Prohibition of the employment of children of school age, and the employment of female labor in occupations detrimental to health or morality. Abolition of the convict labor contract system. 13.
Сторінка 372 - in proportion to the progress of production. 2. The United States shall obtain possession of the railroads, canals, telegraphs, telephones, and all other means of public transportation and communication; but no employee shall be discharged for political reasons. 3. The municipalities to obtain possession of the local railroads, ferries, water-works, gas-works, electric plants, and all industries requiring municipal franchises;