Quote of the Day: Thomas J. Hagerty

"The Ballot Box is simply a capitalist concession. Dropping pieces of paper into a hole in a box never did achieve emancipation of the working class, and in my opinion it never will."
Thomas J. Hagerty was an American Roman Catholic priest and trade union activist. He edited the Voice of Labor, the American Labor Union’s newspaper, and was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World.