In October 1890, Eugene T. Kingsley’s life changed irrevocably when he was injured in a fall between two rail cars while working as a brakeman on the Northern Pacific Railway. Following the amputation of both his legs, Kingsley became radicalized and joined the Socialist Labor Party in San Francisco. His activism eventually brought him to Vancouver, B.C. where he founded the Socialist Party of Canada. A self-described “uncompromising enemy of class rule and class robbery,” Kingsley wrote prolifically on the exploitation of wage slaves by the capitalist class. Also known as a passionate orator, he went on to become one of the most prominent socialist intellectuals of his day. Class Warrior is a collection of Kingsley’s writing and speeches that underscores his tremendous impact on Canadian political discourse.
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- Athabasca, CA
- Rights
- Benjamin Isitt and Ravi Malhotra
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Frontispiece 6
- Epigraph 8
- Contents 10
- Foreword: E. T. Kingsley: Canadian Marxism’s “Old Man” 14
- Introduction: Re-evaluating the British Columbia School of Socialism: E. T. Kingsley, Disablement, and the “Impossiblist” Challenge to Industrial Capitalism in Western Canada 28
- Part I: Selected Writings of E. T. Kingsley 60
- 1900 62
- On Washington State’s Primary Law 62
- 1903 65
- On Political Action 65
- On Reformism and Electoral “Fusion” 67
- On Trade Unions 70
- 1905 73
- On the Single Tax 73
- On a Journey to Seattle 75
- 1906 78
- On the Arrest of US Labour Leaders and State Power 78
- 1908 81
- On the Socialist Movement and Travels across Canada 81
- 1909 87
- On War 87
- On the Vancouver Free Speech Fight 90
- 1911 93
- On Property 93
- On the Workers’ Awakening 95
- On Economic Organization 97
- On the Capitalist State 100
- 1914 103
- On the Causes of the First World War 103
- 1916 106
- On Carnage 106
- 1917 109
- On Slavery and War 109
- On War Finance 112
- On the War Effort 119
- 1918 126
- On the Bolshevik Revolution 126
- On Capitalism Getting Rich Quick 129
- 1919 133
- On Control of the State by the Working Class 133
- On Reconstruction 138
- On Collaboration between Labour and Capital 143
- On Wealth 149
- On Gold 153
- On Class War 157
- On the Paris Peace Conference 163
- On Capitalist Civilization 166
- 1921 170
- On the 1921 Canadian Parliamentary Election 170
- Part II: Selected Speeches of E. T. Kingsley 174
- 1895 176
- On the Aims of Socialism 176
- 1896 177
- On Socialism and the Economy 177
- 1899 179
- On American Imperialism in Cuba and the Philippines 179
- 1903 182
- On the Labour Problem 182
- On the Political Organization of Miners in Cumberland 184
- On Stirring the Emotions of His Audience 186
- On Wages, Profit, and Capital 188
- On the 1903 British Columbia Election 193
- 1905 199
- On the 1905 Russian Revolution 199
- On Workers and Rockefeller 201
- On the Mission of the Working Class 203
- 1906 207
- On the Paris Commune 207
- 1908 209
- On Labour and Its Economies 209
- On the Working Class Using Clubs If Necessary 213
- On Working-Class Political Power 216
- 1912 220
- On the Vancouver Free Speech Fight 220
- 1913 223
- On the Vancouver Island Miners’ Strike 223
- 1914 225
- On the Komagata Maru Incident 225
- 1917 231
- On Conscription 227
- On Working-Class Opposition to Conscription 231
- On Conscription and Wiping Out Ruling-Class Laws 239
- On the 1917 Conscription Election 244
- 1918 247
- On the Formation of the Federated Labor Party 247
- On Laws 253
- On Reconstruction 256
- On the Armistice and Postwar Moment 259
- On Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War 262
- 1919 265
- On Lenin and Trotsky 265
- On the Belfast General Strike, Unemployment, and the Postwar Challenge to Capitalism 269
- On the Bolshevik Revolution 272
- On the One Big Union 273
- On the Class Struggle 277
- On the Machine 280
- On Capitalism 281
- On the Defeat of the Winnipeg General Strike 284
- On the Machinery of Slavery 287
- On Civilization 290
- 1920 293
- On Mechanization of Production 293
- On the Paris Commune 295
- On the Collapse of Civilization 298
- On the Bankruptcy of the Capitalist System 301
- Part III: The Genesis and Evolution of Slavery 304
- The Genesis and Evolution of Slavery: Showing How the Chattel Slaves of Pagan Times Have Been Transformed into the Capitalist Property of To-day 306
- Part IV: On the World Situation 336
- On the World Situation 338
- Appendix: Partial Record of E. T. Kingsley’s Public Speeches and Lectures 372
- Kingsley’s Speeches 382
- Index 392
- A 392
- B 392
- C 0
- D 394
- E 394
- F 394
- G 395
- H 395
- I 395
- J 396
- K 396
- L 396
- M 396
- N 0
- O 0
- P 397
- Q 0
- R 0
- S 398
- T 399
- U 399
- V 400
- W 400
