The British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1913-10-03
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note: '^^"V^f^'Wiv *|^!f»|f!|!«^p| > ¥K INDUST**? UNITY: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOR PEDERATIONE MUTICAb 0N1TT: flDJ TH, ____\___1 __ VANCOUVER, B. C„ FBIDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1913. SOUHIMY SHE SPLENDH) IDEA AT NANAIMO Experisnos in Confliot Increases Striksn' Strength and Mobility. MeBride Paradss With Titled Ho- bow WMle His, "Subjsots" Fight for Bight to Organise NANAIMO, V. I., Oct. l.-Varlous are the methods employed by despotic governments to deal effectively with labor Is revolt Whether it be South Africa, Ould Ireland, Ood'* Country or the laat "Bert We»t," their object I* in essence the same, that Is, to cruih with all the power at their command every attempt of labor to organise. Organisation mean* muoh to labor. It I* something more than a mere word; It ll a process—In this Instance, human action, the collective action ot a body obeying the law ot necessity,; ■ body whose Interest* ire one, whose social needs and aspirations are one, who must rulrt every encroaohment upon the part of the enemy, who must pit cunning against cunning, strength against strength, to capture every fort, for with sggresttve action they discipline and strengthen their force*. Aa their material strength grows, so does their consciousness and the realization of the faot that the needs of today and the conscious goal ot tomorrow can only be attained through Intelligent co-operative action, In the paat the few have ruled the many with a rod of Iron. Today that truth Ie evident to all who think. The few were organised, the many were not. The few were intelligent to the fact thit. their Interests were Identical: organisation gave them power. They had their slogan: Freedom, Equillty, Fraternity, which had a definite meaning for them, and to realise those Ideals the few put their power into effect, used brute force, and out of evil came "good"—but not for. the many. The unorganised many consequently ' were enslaved, exploited, brutallsed…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344924
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Ltd.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text