British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1924-06-20
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note: BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH OFFICIAL ORGAK OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLISHED IN INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY SIXTEENTH YEAR. No. 25 FOUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20,1924 5e A COPY SUPPORT flR LABOR PARTY THIS ELECTION DAY: DON'T SPLIT =\ What Labor Really %nts! Change of Economic System for *0ne- Perfectly Sane and Feasible! Masses Awakening! •TUIE AVERAGE PERSON accuses Labor of criticising modern * society, the • capitalism system and the other political parties, without having anything better to offer; in other words, Labor is accused of being always destructive and never constructive. But Labor is both. We want to change the present system entirely for one which is perfectly sane and practicable. We look back on the pages of the history of man and wc see that each phase of civilization changes, passes away and gives place to the next phase. And capitalism is no exception. It is gradually changing, it is losing its power, it has served its use and now it must give place to another form of society. The present worldwide unrest shows the necessity for a change. Never before in the history of the world, perhaps, has there been such a remarkable and universal consciousness of the masses. And the Labor movement as we know it here is but one form of this general consciousness, this mass awakening. But whatever our privato and particular view, whatever our opinions as- to policy and tactics, we arc all desirous of ending the present system. That is why we do not concern ourselves primarily with the question of freight roites, the building of further railways, the beer question, nor the myth of general prosperity, because we know that all these questions would automatically vanish with the system of which they are a part. For the degradation of seeking work, the bitterness of poverty, the sordidness and ugliness of many aspects of life, the everlasting pursuit of money, much si…
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: 10.14288/1.0345427
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The British Columbia Federationist
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text