Frases de August Spies

August Vincent Theodore Spies fue un anarquista activista laboral encontrado culpable de arrojar una bomba contra la policía durante la Revuelta de Haymarket. Fue condenado a muerte por ahorcamiento, y años después se descubrió su inocencia. Integra la lista de los “Mártires de Chicago”. Wikipedia

✵ 1855 – 11. noviembre 1887

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August Spies: Frases en inglés

“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.”

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Cited in: Kenneth G. Alfers (1993) America's second century: readings in United States history since 1877. p. 43

“Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism, or Socialism, means the re-organization of society upon scientific principles and the abolition of causes which produce vice and crime.”

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Spies (1887 cited in: Lucy Eldine Parsons, August Vincent Theodore Spies (1969) Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists. p. 22

“We did not want bloodshed, for we are not bandits. We would not be socialists, if we were bandits. /…/ When the preacher of the truth meets the death penalty, well - proud and defiant, I will pay the price.”

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Translated from Swedish: http://www.kommunisterna.org/politik/texter/socialismens-lardomar/riv-galgarna

“Can any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?”

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Statement to the Court (1886)