Wed 4 Oct 2006
War of the Classes
Posted by Marlow Harris under History, Politics
[2] Comments
Looks like someone’s got their panties in a bunch over Jack London’s “War of the Classes” The Scab, from a speech first given before the Oakland Socialist Party Local, April 5, 1903. Those who enjoy that might also like The Question of the Maximum
a speech first given before the Oakland Section of the Socialist Labor Party on Sunday, November 26, 1899 at the Grand Army of the Republic.
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
Thomas Sowell (1930 – ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993
October 26th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Marlow,
Is this about me? You know I don’t wear panties.
I am still waiting for a response to my question from Beau’s blog. I’m ready to be civil if you are. We definitely disagree, but I think we can be agreeable.
-Trevor
October 29th, 2006 at 9:57 am
Not sure which blog you’re talking about. I am a big fan of Jack London and find it remarkable that the words he spoke over a hundred years ago are still fresh and relevent today.
It was London, the famed journalist, novelist and Socialist, who wrote “The laborer who gives more time or strength or skill for the same wage than another, or equal time or strength or skill for a less wage, is a scab.”
If you think you are that kind of laborer, and he describes your activities in an accurate way, you should acknowledge and embrace the historical title.
Homosexuals have claimed the word “Queer” and now it has no power over them. They own it and it is theirs.
when one acknowledges and accepts a word or title, it becomes theirs and loses power.
I have claimed “Real Estate Poodle” and now the title is mine!