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On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:34:16 -0400 Shane Mage <shm...@pipeline.com> writes: > > On Jun 19, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Mark Lause wrote: > > Remember the 1916 argument that socialists needed to vote for > > Woodrow Wilson > > because he "kept us out of war"? The Left helped elect the > pompous > > segregationist fossil, who had his second inauguration March 6, > 1917 > > and took us into the world war on April 6. > > I don't "remember" that, because I never heard such a thing. I > always > thought the Left (Socialist Party, IWW, anarchists) was either > firmly > behind Debs or against participation in elections. Who among them > was > pro-Wilson? The Socialist Party remained firmly antiwar, and continued to be so when the US finally entered the First World War. However, there were elements within the Party who broke away to support Wilson like the writer Upton Sinclair. Some of the pro-Wilson socialists were awarded jobs within the Wilson Administration. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > > Shane Mage > > The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each > according to his need. > > The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to > each > according to his greed. > > Joe Stack (1956-2010) > ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Now 4.0% FIXED! $160,000 Mortgage for $633/mo. Free. No Obligation. Get 4 Quotes! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c1d127a52eb9b0bdem03vuc ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
