Friday, April 30, 2010

"Mourn the dead; but fight like hell for the living"

Mother Jones 1924

(Courtesy of Library of
Congress. Modifications
© Jone Lewis 2001.)



Given the recent tragedy at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia , perhaps only the most publicized recent worker deaths on the job, few words could be more appropriate this May Day than those of 19th & early 20th century labor activist Mother Jones: "Mourn for the dead; but fight like hell for the living."

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