Frases de August Spies

August Vincent Theodore Spies foi um ativista anarquista nascido na Alemanha, que lutou em defesa dos direitos básicos aos trabalhadores nos Estados Unidos, país para o qual imigrou. Foi julgado e considerado culpado de conspiração e enforcado, juntamente com Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer e George Engel, em consequência de um ataque a bomba à polícia durante a revolta de Haymarket. Entre os anarquistas de todo o mundo, Spies é lembrado como um dos cinco mártires de Haymarket. Wikipedia

✵ 1855 – 11. Novembro 1887

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August Spies: Frases em inglês

“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.”

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Cited in: Kenneth G. Alfers (1993) America's second century: readings in United States history since 1877. p. 43

“Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism, or Socialism, means the re-organization of society upon scientific principles and the abolition of causes which produce vice and crime.”

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Spies (1887 cited in: Lucy Eldine Parsons, August Vincent Theodore Spies (1969) Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists. p. 22

“We did not want bloodshed, for we are not bandits. We would not be socialists, if we were bandits. /…/ When the preacher of the truth meets the death penalty, well - proud and defiant, I will pay the price.”

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Translated from Swedish: http://www.kommunisterna.org/politik/texter/socialismens-lardomar/riv-galgarna

“Can any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?”

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Statement to the Court (1886)