“Most anarchists believe the coming change can only come through a revolution, because the possessing class will not allow a peaceful change to take place; still we are willing to work for peace at any price, except at the price of liberty.”

—  Lucy Parsons

The Principles of Anarchism

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American communist anarchist labor organizer 1853–1942

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