Sabotage

by Émile Pouget

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... VI. Proletarian Sabotage And Capitalistic SabOtage. The Saboters Of The Milk. SaboTers Of The Mills. Saboters Of Iron And Steel. The Great Contractors Of The Fatherland. From The Workers' Sabotage Drops The Gold Of The Bourgeoisie. From The Capitalist Sabotage Oozes show more Out HuMan Blood. As we have stated, in examining the various systems of proletarian sabotage, under whatever form and at whatever moment it manifests itself, its chief characteristic consists--absolutely always--in hitting at the bosses' pocketbook. For the workers' sabotage which is aimed only at the means of exploitation--against the machines and the tools, that is against inert, painless and lifeless things--the bourgeoisie has nothing but curses and maledictions. On the other hand, the detractors and slanderers of the working class were never scandalized and never show any anger against another sQrt of sabotage truly criminal, monstrous and abominable, which is the very life essence of modern society: the sabotage of the capitalists which reaps human victims and deprives men of their health by sticking like a leech at the very sources of life. 'This bourgeois impassiveness and indifference to this sort of sabotage which is actually criminal arises from the fact that the bourgeoisie draws most of its profits from it. f Saboters are the farmers and traders who, by adulterating the milk, chief nourishment of childhood, sap the very root of the growing genera. tion. Saboters are the millers and boss bakers who, by mixing talcum, chalk or other cheap but harmful ingredients with flour, adulterate the bread, a nourishment of first necessity. Saboters the manufacturers of chocolate made with palm and cocoa oil. Saboters the manufacturers and sellers of coffee mixed with starch, ... show less

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Sabotage

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Nonfiction, Economics, Philosophy, History
DDC/MDS
331.89Social sciencesEconomicsLabor economicsLabor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputesLabour-management bargaining and disputes
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HD5473 .P7Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborLabor. Work. Working classLabor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
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