Forgotten History Collection
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NEVER! International memory days of the
[antifascist] revolt April 11th - May 9th 1961.
Artist: J. Pecka. Originally printed in: 1961. |
International Children's Day. June 1st, 1962 Artist: Z. Filip. Originally printed in: 1962. |
There ain't peace in Vietnam yet
Artist: Z. Filip. Originally printed in:1970. |
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The socialism opened the path to the liberation of the nations from colonies. |
War to the imperialistic war! 10 years of the Communist International of Youth |
Haiti. Solidarity with the suffering people. |
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Stop Yankee attacks on Nicaragua. |
No to the Guantanamo naval base |
Israel: a wound in Lebanon's side |
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Full title: The Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists in Court: When Asked if They had Anything to Say Why Sentence of Death Should Not be Passed on Them October 7, 8, and 9, 1886... Chicago: Lucy E. Parsons, publisher, [1910?], 7th edition. |
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Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1960. First published in The anarchist (London) March, 1885. |
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God and the State by Michael Bakunin
Tamiment Library/Robert Wagner Labor Archives |
Gus Hall for President and Angela Davis for Vice-President |
Pyramid of Capitalist System
Issued by Nedeljkovich, Brashick and Kuharich.
Cleveland: The International Publishing Co., 1911. |
| The Pyramid of Capitalist System is a provocative illustration of the hierarchical system of capitalist rule in America. In this beautifully colored portrait, the artist depicts the multiple tiers of working class oppression. At the top of the pyramid sits the state, which serves the interests of the ruling class and functions under capitalism as the protector of private wealth and property. Below the state stand the religious leaders, clergymen, and preachers of false consciousness who encourage obedience to and acceptance of the status quo, entreating the working masses to accept their ordained fate and seek their just rewards not on earth but in that glorious hereafter. If obedience cannot be encouraged it will surely be enforced by the members of the next tier. As events in Homestead and Pullman clearly testified, the police and militia had as their objective not the protection of "the people," but rather the protection of capital from "the people." Beneath the military sit the parasite class, the bourgeoisie, who exploit the toilers of the world and profit by their labor power. Beneath it all, bearing the weight of the entire system, are the workers who produce all things fundamental to the perpetuation of life and the continuation of this system. Thus, in addition to illustrating the multi-layered oppression and exploitation of workers, this image also begs the question, "what would happen to capitalism if the workers simply withdrew their support?" |
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We would like to thank the Tamiment Library, at New York
University, for allowing us to reproduce some of the images in this section, and the Labor Arts online museum for permitting us to reproduce text and captions associated with the images, which are also displayed on its website. Please visit their websites to learn more about the history of radical politics: socialism, communism, anarchism, utopian experiments, the cultural left, the New Left, and the struggle for civil rights and civil liberties. |
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