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===The Liberator Vol. 1 No. 2=== | ===The Liberator Vol. 1 No. 2=== | ||
| + | [https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1918/02/v1n02-apr-1918-liberator.pdf '''Tulsa, November 9th'''] | ||
| + | In this article, an anonymous writer sends a letter into The Liberator to be published. The letter tells the story of the Tulsa Outrage from the eyes of a victim. Sixteen men involved with the I.W.W. were rounded up by the police, put on trial, and found guilty of not owning war bonds. They were fined $100, then turned over to the Knights of Liberty (part of the KKK), who whipped, tarred, and feathered them, warning them to never return to Tulsa. | ||
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| + | These men weren't actually being convicted of not owning war bonds. Their true crime was organizing and demanding better wages, thereby harming the war effort. These men were punished for resisting oppressive capitalism. Below the letter, Max Eastman includes excerpts from the Tulsa Daily World: | ||
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| + | ''"Any man who attempts to stop the supply for one-hundredth part of a second is a traitor and ought to be shot!"'' | ||
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| + | ''"...The first step in the whipping of Germany is to strangle the 1. W. W:s. Kill them, just as you would kill any other kind of a snake. Don't scotch 'em; kill 'em. And kill 'em dead..."'' | ||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
