I have no country to fight for;
my country is the earth,
and I am a citizen of the world.
-Eugene V. Debs
Hellraisers Journal, Wednesday October 24, 1917
From The Masses: “Control of Industrial Profits” by Art Young
I have no country to fight for;
my country is the earth,
and I am a citizen of the world.
– Eugene V. Debs
Hellraisers Journal, Tuesday September 11, 1917
From The Masses: Art Young Comments on the Orgie of War
I gave my life for freedom-This I know;
For those who bade me fight had told me so.
-W. N. Ewer
Hellraisers Journal, Monday April 30, 1917
From the International Socialist Review: Thoughts on the War
For Four Yards of Dirt by Art Young:
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I have no country to fight for;
my country is the earth,
and I am a citizen of the world.
-Eugene V. Debs
Hellraisers Journal, Sunday April 1, 1917
From The Masses: “The Way of Ancient Rome” by Art Young
Detail 1:
Detail 2:
You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
-Bob Dylan
Hellraisers Journal, Sunday December 17, 1916
From The Masses: “The Instigators” by Art Young
Thomas Paine from Rights of Man:
As war is the system of Government on the old construction, the animosity which Nations reciprocally entertain, is nothing more than what the policy of their Governments excites, to keep up the spirit of the system. Each Government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue, and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective Nations, and incensing them to hostilities. Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against the ambition of Kings, the exclamation should be directed against the principle of such Governments; and instead of seeking to reform the individual, the wisdom of a Nation should apply itself to reform the system.
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there
and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.
I told him if he had stolen a railroad
he would be a United States Senator.
-Mother Jones
Hellraisers Journal, Sunday September 10, 1916
From The Masses: Irrelevant Evidence by Art Young
Attorney for the Defendant: “Your honor, the defendant was out of work. He has a sick wife and three small children.”
Prosecuting Attorney: “Your honor, I object. The evidence is irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial.”
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