Where proletarian culture and technology intersect…
Socialism
While hard to imagine in our Teabagger Nation, there was a time when socialism was as American as apple pie. There was a time when after church on Sunday, the community would join together for the monthly Socialist picnic. There even was a time when socialism was so embedded in our “common sense” that cities, communities, and fans collectively would have the audacity to own a football team.
Here are some artifacts from that past that will give a glimpse of that socialist culture. Many of these are referenced in John Nichols book The S Word.
Canton Speech – Eugene Debs famous speech before being sent to prison.
Milwaukee 1912: The 1912 Platform of the Milwaukee Socialist Party.
Unity– Lockwood dedicates this 1913 issue to the unity of the proletariat.