“The capitalist has no heart, but harpoon him in the pocketbook and you will draw blood.”

—  Bill Haywood

Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and The Struggle for the American Dream, Bruce Watson. Viking-Penguin, 2005; pg. 93.

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