Hellraisers

Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones: "I try to go, wherever there is a chance for a good fight against high-class burglars."

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 05/15/2016 - 12:57pm
I try to go, wherever there is a chance for a good fight
against high-class burglars, and I am kept
pretty busy most of the time.
-Mother Jones
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Monday May 15, 1916
Chanute, Kansas - Mother Jones Passing Through on Way to Kansas City

Mother Mary Harris Jones, Chanute KS, May 13, 1916.png

Hellraisers Journal: Remembering James Connolly in 1910, the year he left America and returned to Ireland.

Submitted by JayRaye on Sat, 05/14/2016 - 12:30pm

The great appear great to us, only because
we are on our knees:
LET US RISE.
-James Connolly
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Sunday May 14, 1916
Remembering James Connolly's Departure from New York City

In New York City on July 14, 1910, A Farewell Dinner was held for James Connolly:

James Connolly, NYC Farewell Dinner, July 14, 1910.png

Hellraisers Journal: Blood-Lust of the British Continues Apace, Seven Irish Rebels Executed in Five Days

Submitted by JayRaye on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 12:30pm

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday May 13, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Socialist and Labor Leader, James Connolly, Executed

Irish Rebels of 1916, James Connolly & John McDermott.png
James Connolly and John McDermott, Executed Friday May 12th
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Hellraisers Journal: Chicago Federation of Labor Pleads for Life of Irish Rebel James Connolly

Submitted by JayRaye on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 1:00pm
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday May 11, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - America Union Workers Plead for Life of Irish Rebel

Chicago Federation of Labor, A. F. of L., Org'zd Nov 9, 1896.png

In a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor this past Sunday, a resolution was passed that a message should be sent to London making a plea for the life of the Irish Rebel, James Connolly. Connolly is well known and much respected by the trade unionists and Socialists of Chicago, having once been a resident of the city where he was active in both movements on behalf of the working class.

Hellraisers Journal: "Their murder would be a blow at the heart of every labor organization in America."

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 12:57pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday May 10, 1906
From the International Socialist Review: A. M. Simons on Justice for W. F. of M.

Cripple Creek Strike of 1903-1904, WFM, Deportations to Kansas.png
Striking union miners being deported from Cripple Creek..

Hellraisers Journal: Mother Jones on "The Big Stick" and the Western Federation of Miners

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 12:58pm
Every one of the Western Federation of Miners
ought to be hung,
they are nothing but a gang of criminals.
-President "Big Stick" Roosevelt
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Wednesday May 9, 1906
From Washington, D. C.: News on the Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone Case

Moyer and Haywood, Wilshire's Magazine, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journals: The New York Times Reports on Wedding of Grace Gifford & Joseph Plunkett

Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 05/08/2016 - 12:58pm
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Monday May 8, 1916
Report from Dublin on the Wedding of a Martyred Irish Rebel

Irish Rebels of 1916, Grace Gifford, Joseph Plunkett.png

Hellraisers Journal: “The men that fight and the men that fall are the sons of the working class."

Submitted by JayRaye on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 12:30pm
Hands 'round the world!
Let the system fall
That covers the earth with dead!
-C. A. Miller
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Sunday May 7, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: "Hands 'Round the World"

Robert Minor, Hands Round World, ISR, May 1916.png

Hellraisers Journal: Eugene Debs: "Socialism stands for peace, the peace that comes with justice."

Submitted by JayRaye on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 12:30pm
Socialism stands for Peace,
The Peace that comes with Justice
And is crowned with Honor.
-Eugene Victor Debs
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Saturday May 6, 1916
Comrade Debs: "Peace With Honor a Fraudulent and Hypocritical Phrase

From the Texas Corsicana Daily Sun of May 4, 1916:

Eugene V Debs, Peace With Honor, Corsicana TX, May 4, 1916.png

Hellraisers Journal: Irish of New York City Hold Mass Meeting to Voice Support for Rebels of Dublin

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 12:56pm

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday May 3, 1916
New York, New York - Packed Meeting of Irish Society Supports Dublin Revolt

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