Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-04-04
issued: 1913-03-22
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note: Owned and controlled by th« gocialiBt Party 0f Canada WESTERN CLARION NTM1!I<;K 713 Published in the interest of the Working Claaa alone POINTERS FROM MEXICO Current Events Providing Ample Evidence That the Power of State Is the Prize of Class-Warfare. VANCOUVER, BRI-tjsiTcbLUMBIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1913. Subscription Price PICK YEAK 75C B0 |g the ballot box to similar- uliiloned sentlmentsl soclolo- As Hit I1*1,1 flurry of mov "■■ t0 tne barr(.„ brained cartoonists snd Joke- unltbi |y 001 • goring the far reaching snd as ,el unrefuted fundamental principles 0I Marxian iihllosophy, these latter eDtry seize uiion poliUcsl action, snd BIID, it as a fulcrum, attempt to ,,,,,,,1, over with a lever of Jibes snd .nears as sound and Arm s school of u,0U(.|,i an has ever been committed WMost of them are in accord with the ubi. ct we are striving to attain, but •thy ballot box is such s ridiculous proposition that It Is to laugh." v Unfortunately for the success of ■nHr endesvors, the bsllot box, like -he poor dear consumers furnace, require., considerable exaggeration to nroduce the merry "ha ha.' Thin being, like burlesque, a form of humor not indulged In by the men tally efficient, we can afford duige in the stony sure. Passing what our friends conceive as political action, let us proceed to examine the events of the past two years, which offer us examples which cantK't be confused. There Is some thousand miles or so to the Bouth of us, a country which un-il two years ago, was distinctly non political. The semblance ot demo- cracy had. for twenty years, under the Dial regime, been permitted to exist io give continuance to as brutal a military despotism as ever fastened itaelf upon suffering humanity. For that period Diaz and his gang had wrong wealth untold from the staves „f that country by direct snd shame- kss bondage. Periodically the slaves were called upon to vote, and each time blaz was lhe political victor. Some two years ago. however, a wealthy sentimentalist d…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318905
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Socialist Party of Canada
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text