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August Vincent Theodore Spies was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair. Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event. Wikipedia  

✵ 1855 – 11. November 1887
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Famous August Spies Quotes

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

August Spies

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.”

August Spies

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.”

August Spies

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?”

August Spies

Statement to the Court (1886)

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