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This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller’s life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts written about her, by figures such as socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and Mark Twain.
"Her liberal views and wide sympathies ought to shame those who have physical eyes, yet do not open them to the sorrows that encompass the mass of men."—New York Call (1911)
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"We were born into an unjust system. We are not prepared to grow old in it."—Bernadette Devlin
Rebel Lives books feature writings both by and about individuals who have played significant roles in humanity’s ongoing fight for a better world. The series shows the not-so-well-recognized political views of some well-known figures and introduces some not-so-famous rebels. Strongly representative of race, class and gender, these books are smaller format, inexpensive, accessible and provocative.
"Her liberal views and wide sympathies ought to shame those who have physical eyes, yet do not open them to the sorrows that encompass the mass of men."
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Chronology | p. 13 |
| Disability and Class | |
| I Must Speak | p. 15 |
| Social Causes of Blindness | p. 19 |
| The Unemployed | p. 20 |
| To the Strikers at Little Falls, New York | p. 23 |
| Comments to the House Committee on Labor | p. 24 |
| Socialism | |
| How I Became a Socialist | p. 27 |
| Why I Became an IWW | p. 33 |
| What is the IWW? | p. 37 |
| On Behalf of the IWW | p. 40 |
| The Hand of the World | p. 43 |
| Letter to Helen Keller from Muriel I. Symington | p. 51 |
| Help Soviet Russia | p. 52 |
| Women | |
| To an English Woman Suffragist | p. 55 |
| Why Men Need Woman Suffrage | p. 58 |
| The New Woman's Party | p. 63 |
| Great American Women | p. 64 |
| Put Your Husband in the Kitchen | p. 67 |
| War | |
| Strike Against War | p. 75 |
| The Ford Peace Plan is Doomed to Failure | p. 81 |
| Menace of the Militarist Program | p. 82 |
| To Morris Hillquit | p. 84 |
| To Eugene V. Debs | p. 86 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9781876175603
ISBN-10: 1876175605
Series: Rebel Lives S.
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 88
Published: 15th July 2003
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9
x 0.6
Weight (kg): 0.113
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