“The Pageant represents a battle between the working class and the capitalist class conducted by the Industrial Workers of the World, making use of the General Strike as the chief weapon. It is a conflict between two social forces—the force of labor and the force of capital.”
from the program for the sole performance on this date in 1913 of the Pageant of the Paterson Silk Strike, created and performed by 1,000 mill workers from the silk industry strike in Paterson, New Jersey (see Today's Labor History)
from the program for the sole performance on this date in 1913 of the Pageant of the Paterson Silk Strike, created and performed by 1,000 mill workers from the silk industry strike in Paterson, New Jersey (see Today's Labor History)
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