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The Emma Goldman Papers Public History Project (EGPPHP) has archived and edited tens of thousands of documents from around the world by and about Emma Goldman, a leading figure in American anarchism, feminism, and radicalism. This is a page where people interested in anarchist history and theory, alternative and controversial political models and ideals, can learn a little bit each day, through qu
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09/02/2024
Emma's thoughts on Labor Day:
"...Labor Day lost its serious meaning when it became legalized. The day chosen by workingmen to express their hopes and aspirations was emasculated by receiving plutocratic sanction. And it is Gompers and consorts, preaching the lie of 'identical interests of employer and employee,' that are responsible for this.
Workingmen of revolutionary spirit know that the First of May--not the capitalistically legalized holiday--is the true Labor Day. They know that labor demonstrations can have but one rational object: to unify the labor and to remind the exploiters of the power of labor. But when the spirit of solidarity and co-operation and, above all, of conscious class interests is lacking, such demonstrations are a hollow mockery" (Mother Earth, Vol. II, no. 7, September 1907, p. 1).
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