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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday December 14, 1922
Bars and Shadows, Poems by Ralph Chaplin, I. W. W. Class-War Prisoner
From The Nation of December 13, 1922:
Ralph Chaplin and 58 of his fellow agitators for industrial justice are behind Federal prison bars because they dared to tell the truth about the war while the war was in progress. Chaplin has spent five consecutive Christmases behind the bars…
“Bars and Shadows’ [is] an ideal Christmas reminder, and one of the most effective documents for amnesty that has appeared.
DEMAND THE RELEASE OF
ALL POLITICAL PRISONERSDo Ralph Chaplin a good turn by ordering six copies of “Bars and Shadows” and using them for holiday gifts. The book is privately published. Every penny above the actual cost of manufacture, advertising and distribution goes to Mrs. Chaplin and her son…..
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