Class warrior : the selected works of E.T. Kingsley

Kingsley, E. T (author.). Isitt, Benjamin, 1978- (editor.). Malhotra, Ravi (editor.). Canadian Committee on Labour History (issuing body.).

Summary: "In October 1890, Eugene T. Kingsley's life changed irrevocably while working as a brakeman on the Northern Pacific Railway when he was injured in a fall between two rail cars. While recuperating in hospital after the amputation of both legs, he began reading the works of Karl Marx. Joining a popular socialist movement, his activism eventually brought him to Vancouver, B.C. where he founded the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). Kingsley, known as a passionate orator, 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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781778290046 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Athabasca, Alberta : Athabasca University Press for the Canadian Committee on Labour History, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword. E. T. Kingsley: Canadian Marxism's "Old Man" / Bryan D. Palmer -- Introduction. Re-evaluating the British Columbia School of Socialism: E. T. Kingsley, Disablement, and the "Impossiblist" Challenge to Industrial Capitalism in Western Canada. Part I: Selected Writings of E. T. Kingsley. 1900. On Washington State's Primary Law -- 1903. On Political Action -- On Reformism and Electoral "Fusion" -- On Trade Unions -- 1905. On the Single Tax -- On a Journey to Seattle -- 1906. On the Arrest of US Labour Leaders and State Power -- 1908. On the Socialist Movement and Travels across Canada -- 1909. On War -- On the Vancouver Free Speech Fight -- 1911. On Property -- On the Workers' Awakening -- On Economic Organization -- On the Capitalist State -- 1914. On the Causes of the First World War -- 1916. On Carnage -- 1917. On Slavery and War -- On War Finance -- On the War Effort -- 1918. On the Bolshevik Revolution -- On Capitalism Getting Rich Quick -- 1919. On Control of the State by the Working Class -- On Reconstruction -- On Collaboration between Labour and Capital -- On Wealth -- On Gold -- On Class War -- On the Paris Peace Conference -- On Capitalist Civilization -- 1921. On the 1921 Canadian Parliamentary Election -- Part II: Selected Speeches of E. T. Kingsley. 1895. On the Aims of Socialism -- 1896. On Socialism and the Economy -- 1899. On American Imperialism in Cuba and the Philippines -- 1903. On the Labour Problem -- On the Political Organization of Miners in Cumberland -- On Stirring the Emotions of His Audience -- On Wages, Profit, and Capital -- On the 1903 British Columbia Election -- 1905. On the 1905 Russian Revolution -- On Workers and Rockefeller -- On the Mission of the Working Class -- 1906. On the Paris Commune -- 1908. On Labour and Its Economies -- On the Working Class Using Clubs If Necessary -- On Working-Class Political Power -- 1912. On the Vancouver Free Speech Fight -- 1913. On the Vancouver Island Miners' Strike -- 1914. On the Komagata Maru Incident -- 1917. On Conscription -- On Working-Class Opposition to Conscription -- On Conscription and Wiping Out Ruling-Class Laws -- On the 1917 Conscription Election -- 1918. On the Formation of the Federated Labor Party -- On Laws -- On Reconstruction -- On the Armistice and Postwar Moment -- On Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War -- 1919. On Lenin and Trotsky -- On the Belfast General Strike, Unemployment, and the Postwar Challenge to Capitalism -- On the Bolshevik Revolution -- On the One Big Union -- On the Class Struggle -- On the Machine -- On Capitalism -- On the Defeat of the Winnipeg General Strike -- On the Machinery of Slavery -- On Civilization -- 1920. On Mechanization of Production -- On the Paris Commune -- On the Collapse of Civilization -- On the Bankruptcy of the Capitalist System -- Part III: The Genesis and Evolution of Slavery. 1916. The Genesis and Evolution of Slavery: Showing How the Chattel Slaves of Pagan Times Have Been Transformed into the Capitalist Property of To-day -- Part IV: On the World Situation. 1919. On the World Situation -- Appendix. Partial Record of E. T. Kingsley's Public Speeches and Lectures -- Kingsley's Speeches -- Index.