http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0345200
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1917-08-31
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note: INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL, AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR POLITICAL UNITT: VICTOBT NINTH YEAR. No. 35 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1917 (In VaDuuTir\ Olty. 11.00 I $1.50 PER YEAR The Door of Opportunity Swings PRE1R STARTS ON Strategical Hints for the Guidance Open to Forces of Human Progress Never Were Statesmen More Stupid—Never Were Politicians More Mediocre—Never Were Rulers More Brutal—Never Were Prophets More Blind- Never Was Capital More Arrogant Never Was Labor More Given to Unrest—The Forces of Progress Await the Trumpet Blast That Opens the Final Assault Against the Slavery and Tyranny of Ages THE CONVENTION of the B. C. Federation of Labor, to be held in this city on Labor Day, will be face to face with the most auspicious opportunity to sound a trumpet call for united action by the progressive elements in human society against the powers of evil and darkness, that are persistent in their determination to prolong their reign or wreck civilization in their efforts. That the great mass of the people are not in sympathy with the perpetuation of thc world-wide brutality of the ruling class, as particularly emphasized in the murderous warfare now raging with such blind fury in Europe, is plainly evident. That the war spirit is practically as dead as a mackerel in most countries, and especially so here in Canada, is clearly proven by the increasing talk among the common people about peace, and the increasingly furious efforts of the ruling class and its tools to fan anew the flames of fury by every scheme and device imaginable that can be brought to bear* In the face of this ruling class fiesta of blood and carnage that is even now threatening the complete collapse of civilization and the wrecking of the superstructure of the capitalist edifice of power and plunder, statesmen stand helplessly mumbling and fumbling, evidently little comprehending what ia actually being pulled dow…

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The British Columbia Federationist
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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